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PREFACE. 

In compiling tliis Hand Book it lias been tlie author's 
aim to give those interested in the naval history of the 
United States a well-arranged sketch of tlie doings of each 
vessel, v^ith the date of all important events connected 
with her individual history, thus enabling all to see at a 
glance what each has accomplished. In order to complete 
the record, which promised to be too voluminous for a 
w^ork of this kind, it became necessary to give the details 
of the engagements in which a squadron or a flotilla par- 
ticipated under the head of the place at which such action 
occurred, and to direct attention to the whole affair by 
means of reference notes ; and in this manner the indi- 
vidual record has been put into a form that will be found 
not only convenient for reference, but omitting many in- 
cidents which could be justly narrated only in connection 
with the whole occurrence. It is not within the limits of 
a brief prefatory notice of the plan of this work to write 
of the various difficulties encountered in preparing a vol- 
ume of this character. The majority of the dates and the 
narrative portions of it are compiled from the official re- 
ports of the [N'avy Department, the remainder having been 
taken from a very large and carefully selected mass of 



IV PREFACE. 

material in the possession of the author. The Hand Book 
has been prepared at the urgent request of a large number 
of distinguished naval officers, to many of wliom we are 
indebted for valuable assistance. If it will in any degree 
aid the officer, historian, or the general reading public in 
keeping pace with the glorious achievements of our rapidly 
increasing navy, then the aim of the author will have been 
in a measure attained. 

B. S. OSBOK 

New York, Aug., 1864. 



Abbreviations. — S. "W., side-wheel S., screw. L., length, B., hreadth. 
D., depth. P., purchased. C, cost. B. R., Uockade runner. 

To ascertain the names of prizes captured by each vessel see " Prizes Cap- 
tured." 



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A. 

Abraham; Steam-tender, Mississippi Squadron, 1863-4. 
Acacia, S., 5 guns. 300 tons. Blockade runner. Pur- 
chased at Prize Commissioner's sale, 1863. 
Pitted hastily at Boston to go in search of the Chesa- 
peake pirates, Dec, 1863. ^ ^ 
Subsequently converted into a war vessel, 1864:. 
A. C. Powell, S., 1 gun. 65 tons. L. 61, B. 17, D. 7. 
Purchased. Cost $5,000. Employed during the re- 
bellion as a dispatch and packet boat. She was built 
in Syracuse, K Y., 1861. 
Adela-, S. W., 6 guns. B. K. P. at Prize Commissioner's 
sale, 1863. 
Pitted as a cruiser, 1863-4. 
Adirondack, S., 9 guns. 1,240 tons. Built at the Brook- 
lyn Kavy Yard, E". Y. Engines by the ISTovelty 
iron Works, 1861. 
Wrecked near Abaco, W. I., Aug. 23, 1862. 
Admiral, S., 5 guns. 1,248 tons. L. 230, B. 30, D. 17. 
P. Supply steamer. Feb., 1864. 
Sailed from New York on her first cruise, Feb. 7, 1864. 
Admiral Porter's Fleet, consisting of the Benton, Lafay- 
ette, with the General S. Price lashed alongside, 
Louisville, Mound City, Pittsburg, Carondelet, Tus- 



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cumbia, tug Ivy, and 3 transports, ran the Yicksburg 
batteries at 11.16 p. m. The enemy opened a terrible 
fire on the passing fleet, which was promptly re- 
sponded to. They were under fire two hours and 
a half, and had only eight men wounded. The trans- 
port Henry Clay was sunk by a heavy shot ; the 
Forest City was temporarily disabled, but went by. 
It was a brilliant afi'air. April 16, 1863. 

Adolph Hu^el, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 269 tons. 
L. 109, B. 29, D. 0. P. C. $15,000. Attached 
to Porter's mortar flotilla. 
At the bombardment of Fort Jackson [see l^ew Or- 
leans], April, 1862. 

Agamenticus, Iron-clad, 2 turrets, 4: guns. 1,564 tons. 
Built at Portsmouth (N. H.) N'avy Yard, 1863. L. 
250, B. 50, D. 15. 

Agawam, S. W., 12 guns. 974 tons. Built at Portland, 

Maine. Launched, April 21, 1863. 
Put in commission at Portsmouth, N. 11., March 9, 

1864. 
Sent in search of the captured steamer Chesapeake, 

Dec, 1863. 
Peturned, having experienced very heavy gales, Dec. 

18, 1863. 
Pan on the rocks at Portsmouth, l!T. H., March 18, 

1864. 
James Piver flotilla. May, 1864. 

A. Houghton, Bark, 2 guns. 326 tons. L. 116, B. 25, 
D. 12. P. C. $11,500. Ordnance vessel of Por- 
ter's mortar flotilla. 
At the bombardment of Fort Jackson [see 'New Or- 
leans], April, 1862. 
Alabama, Ship of the line, 84. [See New Hampshire.] 
Built at the Portsmouth (K H.) Navy Yard. Owing 



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to the fact that there was a vessel of that name, and 
a rebel cruiser bearing the same name, her name was 
changed to I^Tew Hampshire. 

Alabama, S. W., 9 guns. 1,261 tons. L. 214, B. 35, D. 22. 

P. C. §93,388. 
At the capture of Fernandina [see Fernandina, Fla.], 

March 4, 1862. 
At Key West, Fla., the crew contracted yellow fever, 

July 9, 1863. 
At Cape Haytien, W. I., two engineers, one ordinary 

seaman, and one marine, died of yellow fever, 

July 14 to 27, 1863. 
Arrived at New York, having lost twenty officers and 

men by fever, Aug. 2, 1863. 
Crew transferred to the Magnolia, Aug 4, 1863. 
Sailed for Portsmouth (N". H.) E'avy Yard, Sept. 8, 

1863. 
Alabama, rebel privateer. [See Privateer Eecord.] 

Alabama and Hattcras Fight. On the night of the 11th 
of January, the United States steamer Ilatteras was 
destroyed by the Confederate steamer Alabama, off the 
coast of Texas. Upon the afternoon of the 11th, at 
half past three o'clock, while at anchor, in company 
with the fleet under Commodore Bell, off Galveston, 
Texas, the Hatteras was ordered by a signal from the 
flag ship Brooklyn to chase a sail to the southward 
and eastward. She got under way immediately, and 
steamed with all speed in the direction indicated. 
After some time the strange sail could be seen from 
the Hatteras, which was ascertained to be a steamer, 
which fact was communicated to the flag ship by 
signal. The Hatteras continued the chase, and rap- 
idly gained upon the suspicious vessel. Knowing the 
slow rate of the speed of the Hatteras, and suspecting 



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that deception was being practiced, the Hatteras was 
ordered to be cleared for action, with everything in 
readiness for a determined attack and vigorous de- 
fense. When within about five miles of the ves- 
sel, it was observed that she had ceased to steam, 
and was lying broadside-to awaiting her. It was 
near seven o'clock, and quite dark ; but, notwith- 
standing the obscurity of the night, they felt assured, 
from the general character of the vessel and her 
manoeuvering, that they should encounter the rebel 
steamer Alabama. Being able to work but four guns 
upon one side of the Hatteras (two short 32-pounders, 
one 30-pounder rifle Parrott gun, and one 20-pounder 
rifle), they decided to close with her, in order that 
their guns might be more effective, if necessary. 
When within speaking distance — about seventy-five 
yards — and upon asking, " What ship is that ?" the 
reply was, " Her Britannic Majesty's ship Yixen." 
Lieut. Commander Blake replied that he would send 
a boat aboard, and immediately gave the order. In 
the meantime both vessels were changing their posi- 
tions, the stranger endeavoring to gain a favorable 
position for a raking fire. Almost simultaneously 
with " the piping away" of the boats, the strange 
craft replied, " We are the Confederate steamer 
Alabama," which was accompanied by a broadside. 
The fire at the same moment was returned from the 
Hatteras. Being well aware of the many vulnerable 
points of the Hatteras, they hoped by closing with 
the Alabama to be able to board her, and thus rid 
the seas of this piratical craft. The Hatteras steamed 
directly for the Alabama, but she was enabled, by 
her great speed and the foulness of tlie bottom of the 
Hatteras, and, consequently, her diminished speed, to 
thwart the attempt, when she had gained some thirty 



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yards distance from her. At this range musket and 
pistol-shots were exchanged, and the fire continued with 
great vigor on both sides. At length a shell entered 
amidship in the hold, setting fire to it, and at the 
same instant a shell passed through the " sick bay," 
exploding in an adjoining compartment, also produc- 
ing fire ; another entered the cylinder, filling the 
engine-room and deck with steam, and depriving 
them of all power to manoeuvre the vessel or to work 
the pumps, upon which the reduction of the fire 
depended. With the vessel on fire in two places, and 
beyond human power, a hopeless wreck upon the 
water, with her walking-beam shot away, and her 
engine rendered useless, an active fire was still main- 
tained, with the double hope of disabling the Ala- 
bama and of attracting the attention of the fleet off 
Galveston, which was only twenty-eight miles dis- 
tant. It was soon reported that the shells had entered 
the Hatteras at the water-line, tearing off entire 
sheets of ir6n, and that the water was rushing in, 
utterly defying every attempt to remedy the evil, and 
that she was rapidly sinking. Learning this melan- 
choly truth, and observing that the Alabama was 
on the port bow of the Hatteras, entirely beyond the 
range of lier guns, doubtless preparing for a raking 
fire of the decks, to prevent the blowing up of the 
Hatteras, from a fire which was making much pro- 
gress, the order was given to flood the magazine, and 
afterward to fire the lee guns. The Alabama then 
asked if assistance w^as desired, to which an afiirma- 
tive answer was given. The Hatteras was now rap- 
idly going down ; and in order to save the lives of the 
ofiicers and men, the armament on the port side was 
thrown overboard. After considerable delay, caused 
by a report that a steamer was seen coming from 



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Galveston, tlie Alabama sent us assistance, and 
every living being was conveyed safely from the Hat- 
teras to the Alabama. Ten minntes after leaving the 
Hatteras, she went down, bow first, with her pennant 
at her mast-head, and all her muskets and guns of 
every character, the enemy not being able,, owing to 
her rapid sinking, to obtain a single weapon. The 
battery upon the Alabama brought into action against 
the Hatteras, numbered seven guns, consisting of four 
heavy 32-pounders, one 100-pounder rifled gun, one 
68-pounder, and one 24:-pounder rifled gun. The 
great superiority of the Alabama, with her powerful 
battery and her machinery under the water-line, must 
be at once recognized by tlie world, who are some 
what familiar with the construction of the Hatteras, 
and her total unfitness for a contest with a regularly 
built vessel-of-war. The distance between the Hat- 
teras and the Alabama during the action varied from 
twenty-five to one hundred ^^ards. ISTearly fifty shots 
were fired from the Hatteras, and a greater number 
from the Alabama. Jan. 11, 1863. 

Albatross, S., 7 guns. 378 tons. L. 150, B. 30. D. 9. 

P. 1861. C. $75,000. Built, 1858. 
Hecaptures the schooner Enchantress, which had been 

captured by the privateer Jeff*. Davis, July 22, 1861. 
Enters "Winy aw Bay, near Georgetown, S. C, in 

company with the E'orwich, and drove the enemy 

from a small work on Cat Island, May 21, 1862. 
Visits Georgetown, S. C, May 22, 1862. 
Sends boat expeditions, which destroy over 300 salt 

pans at the works in St. Andrew's Ba^^, Fla., ISTov. 

17, 24, 26, and Dec. 8, 1862. 
Lashed alongside of the flag ship Hartford, she runs 

the Port Hudson batteries [see Port Hudson], 

March 14, 1863. 



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Attacks the rebel gunboats Grand Duke and Mary T., 

and the works at Fort De Russy, May 4, 1863. 
Shells a large steamer under the guns of Fort Morgan, 
Jan. 9, 1864. 
A11)emarle, Schooner, 1 gun. 200 tons. Ordnance vessel 

at Newborn, :N. C. 
Alert, S., Dispatch boat, 1863. 

JSTansemond Eiver operations, April 14, 1863. 
Burned at the JN'orfolk Navy Yard, May 31, 1863. 
Alexandria, S. W., 2 guns. 60 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Alexandria, La. Captured by U. S. flotilla. May 6, 1863. 
Algonquin, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at the Brook- 
lyn Navy Yard. 
Launched, Dec. 21, 1863. 

Alleghany, S., 989 tons. Store shio at Baltimore. Built 
at Pittsburg, Pa., 1847. 

Alligator, submarine battery intended for operations in 
Charleston harbor. Lost at sea, April 9, 1863. 

Althea, S., 1 gun. 72 tons. P. and fitted at New York 
for "West Gulf Sqnadron by Secor & Co., Jersey City, 
1863-4. 

Amanda, Bark, 7 guns. 368 tons. L. 117, B. 27, D. 12. 
P. C. $15,000. 

Sends a boat expedition into the Ocklockonee River, 
which cuts out the rebel schooner Onward, March 
23, 1863. 

Finding the prize schooner. Onward, could not be 
got out of the river, she is destroyed by fire under 
a severe fire from a large body of mounted infan- 
try. March 24, 1863. 

Wrecked on the west coast of Florida, May 27, 1863. 

Amelia Island. [See Fernandina.] 

America, Schooner Yacht, 3 guns. 100 tons. Captured 



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. at Fernandina, and converted into a dispatch and 
packet boat, but subsequently turned over to the Na- 
val Academy, as a practice vessel. She made an At- 
lantic cruise in the summer of 1863, as tender to the 
Macedonian practice ship. 

Ammonoosuc, S., 10 guns. 3,200 tons. Built at Boston 
Navy Yard, 1863-4. 

Anacostia, S. 3 guns. 21Ytons. Purchased in 1858. 

Attacks rebel battery at Aquia Creek, Ya., May 31, 
1861. 

Shells and destroys several buildings near Freestone 
Point, Ya., on the Potomac Piver, Dec. 9, 1861. 

Attacks Cockpit Battery, Ya., Jan. 3, 1862. 

Attacked while at anchor near Pratt's Landing, Po- 
tomac River, Dec. 4, 1862. 

Anglo-American, S. W., captured by Porter's flotilla in 
the Mississippi Piver. 
Attacked by rebel batteries at Port Hudson, Aug. 28, 
1862. 

Annie, Schooner, 1 gun. 27 tons. Tender to East Gulf 
Squadron. 

Antelope, S. "W., 6 guns. 173 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Antietam, S., 20 guns. 2,200 tons. Not commenced. 
Machinery contracted for, 1863. 

Antona, S., 4 guns. 565 tons. B. R. P. West Gulf 
Squadron. (Captured by the Pocahontas, Jan. 6, 
1863.) 

Arapaho, S., 18 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Machinery contracted for in 1863. 

Argosy, S. "W., 8 guns. 219 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Ariel, Schooner, tender East Gulf Squadron, 1863-4. 



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AricS) Steamer, 5 guns. 

Captured in Bull's Bay, S. G., while attempting to 
run the blockade by IJ. S. str. Stettin, Mar. 28, 1863. 
Arizona, S. W., 5 guns. 950 tons. 

Put in commission at Philadelphia, first cruise, March 
11, 1863. 

Sailed, March 18, 1863. 

Captured her first prize (the sloop Aurelia), March 
23, 1863. 

Assists in the destruction of the rebel steamers Queen 
of the West, Diana (both captured from the U.S.E".), 
and Hart, in Berwick Bay, April 18, 1863. 

At the capture of Fort De Pussy, May 9, 1863. 

Attacks Sabine Pass [see Sabine Pass, Texas], Sept. 
8, 1863. ■ 
Arkansas, S., 6 guns. 752 tons. B. K. P. West Gulf 
Squadron. 

Put in commission, Oct., 1863. 

Arrived at New Orleans, IvTov. 10, 1863. 
Arkansas Post. Attacked by the Louisville, Baron De 
Kalb, Cincinnati, Eattler, and Black Hawk, Jan. 
10, 1863. 

Attack renewed early in the morning by the same 
vessels, dismounting its armament of eleven guns 
during the action, which lasted three hours. The 
TJ. S. troops co-operated on the land side. The 
Louisville lost 12 men ; Baron De Kalb, 17 ; Cin- 
cinnati, none ; Lexington, none ; Rattler, 2. The 
fort was in command of Col. Dunnington, late of 
the TJ. S. ISTavy, who surrendered his sword to 
Admiral Porter, Jan. 11, 1863. 
Arietta, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 199 tons. L. 100, 
B. 26, D. 8. P. C. $8,500. 

Made her debut at the bombardment of Forts Jackson 
and St. Philip [see ITew Orleans], April, 1862. 



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At the bombardment of tlie Yicksburg batteries, 

June 28, 1862. 
A. Robl), S., 4 guns. Y5 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Repulses 4,500 rebels, who had attacked the Union 

forces at Dover, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1863. 
Engages the enemy at Cerro Gordo, June 19, 1863. 
Aroostook, S., 6 guns. 507 tons. Built by N". W. Thomp- 
son, Kennebunk, Maine. Engines by I^Tovelty Iron 

Works, 'New York. 
Attacks Sewall's Point batteries, May 8, 1862. 
Ordered up the James River, May 9, 1862. 
Attacks Fort Darling [see Fort Darling], May 15, 

1862. 
Captures blockade runner Sea Lion off Mobile, May 

9, 1863. 
Arthur, Bark, 6 guns. 654 tons. L. 134, B. 20, D. 18. 

P. C. $20,000. 
Arrived at Aransas Bay, Texas, June 25, 1863. 
Attacks and captures Corpus Christi, Texas, assisted 

by the steam gunboat Sachem and yacht Corypheus, 

Aug. 18, 1862. 
A. Y. Lieut. Kitteride, commander of the Arthur, 

captured with a boat's crew near Flour Bluff, 12 

miles from Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept 14, 1862. 
Ascutney, S. W., 12 guns. 974 tons. Built at l^ewbury- 

port, Mass., 1862. 
Launched from the yard of G. W. Jackson, Jr., at 

noon, April 4, 1863. 

Ashuelot, S. "W., 10 guns. 1,030 tons. Building at Bos- 
ton JSTavy Yard. 

Atlanta, Iron-clad S., 6 guns. 1,006 tons. Captured by 
the iron-clad Weehawken, with the ISTahant in re- 
serve, in Warsaw Sound, Ga. She was formerly 
the Fingal, and ran into Savannah, Ga., shortly 



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after Port Royal was captured. She was then con- 
verted into an iron-clad. Captured on the morning 
of June lY, 1863. 

Eeiitted at the Philadelphia IS'avy Yard, 1863. 

Sailed from thence, Feb. 11, 1864 

Arrived at Hampton Poads, Feb. 15, 1864. 

James Piver flotilla. May, 1864. 
Augusta, S. W., 10 guns. 1,310 tons. L. 220, B. 35, D. 21. 
P. C. $96,940. 

At the capture of Port Poyal. [See Port Poyal, S. C], 
N'ov. 7, 1861. 

Participates in the engagement with the rebel iron- 
clad rams off Charleston Bar. [See Iron-clad Paid 
off Charleston, S. C] Jan. 31, 1863. 

Sailed from Port Royal, July 6, 1863, with Admiral 
Dupont and staff on board, and arrived at New- 
castle, Del., July 9, 1863. 

Sailed from the Capes of the Delaware, in search of 
privateers, July 14, 1863. 

Arrived at New York, July 30, 1863. 
Augusta Diusmore, S., 4 guns. 850 tons. P. Adams' 
Ex. Co. 

Fhig ship of Admiral Dahlgren, Aug., 1863. 
Avenger, Ram, Y guns. 750 tons. Building at JSTew Al- 



bany, Ind., 1864. 



B. 



Bainbridge, Brig, 7 guns. Built at Boston Navy Yard, 

1842. 
In a gale in the harbor of Aspinwall, N.Gr., she threw 

over her armament, Nov. 1862. 
Sailed from New York for Port Royal, Aug. 18, 1863. 
Lost at sea. The only man (colored) saved gives the 

following details of the accident. He was picked 



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up in a boat by the brig South Boston, and carried 
to Philadelphia. He says : " In a few hours after 
the Bainbridge left New York she encountered the 
hurricane which prevailed on our coast in August 
last. The brig labored hard, and shipped seas at a 
fearful rate. The hatches were battened down, and 
the vessel put under the best possible sail to make 
her easy in a seaway. On the night of the 20th of 
August the hurricane liad so increased that the 
officers began to entertain fears for her safety, and 
from that time until the vessel went down they 
had been standing aft with axes ready to cut the 
masts out of her and let them go by the board. At 
about four o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th of 
August the brig was struck with a terrific squall, 
and before the rigging could be cut she careened 
over, never again to right herself. At this time the 
whole of the starboard watch were below decks, 
with the hatches battened down, and were thus cut 
off from the slightest hopes of escape. The brig 
gradually rolled over, and finally turned bottom 
upwards, doubtless crushing a portion of the watch 
on deck, and killing some instantly, as her guns 
naturally would get adrift. The ship's cook, who 
was a white man, seeing the vessel about to capsize, 
sprang to the captain's gig, the after fall of which was 
parted, and in a flash severed the forward fall, and 
the boat by a heavy combing sea was thrown off some 
distance from the vessel. Smith seized a plank, and 
was borne by the sea towards the boat, whose keel he 
mounted, and, with the aid of the white cook, he suc- 
ceeded in righting the boat. By this time the brig 
was bottom up, and amid the S2:)ray that was being 
blown up by the terrific gale he saw several men 
struggling in the water. Darkness coming on, they 



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soon lost sight of the vessel and the crew. Shortly 
after the two men had righted their boat a heavy sea 
upset it, and in the darkness of that awful night they 
worked for some time before they succeeded in right- 
ing her again. This occurred several times during 
the night, till finally the sea went down somewhat, 
and the boat could be kept head on. When daylight 
came, and with it a hot sun, the white cook began to 
drink salt water, and the excitement, added to the 
bad effects of drinking the salt water, drove the poor 
fellow crazy, and in a fit of madness he leaped from 
the boat, and sank to join his shipmates who had 
gone before him the night previous. Smith was now 
left alone, and, being thirsty, he assuaged that terrible 
feeling by placing a blanket around his head and 
keeping it saturated with salt water, and at the time 
he was picked up he w^as much fresher than could be 
expected." Aug. 21, 1863. 

Baltimore, S. "W., 2 guns. 500 tons. P. Ordnance 
vessel at AVashington, D. C, 1863-4. 

Banshee, S. W., 5 guns. 533 tons. B. K. P. Fitted 
as a gunboat at E'ew York by T. F. Kowland, 1864. 

Baron De Kalb, Iron-clad, 13 guns. 512 tons. L. 260, 

B. 40, D. 8. Converted into a war vessel for the 

Mississippi Squadron. Was very powerful and fast. 

" At the capture of Arkansas Post [see Arkansas Post], 

Jan. 11, 1863. 

At the capture of Duvall's Bluff battery, Jan. 16, 1863. 

At Fort Pemberton, Tallahatchie River, March 11- 
13, 1863. 

Attacks Haines' Bluff [see Haines' Bluff], April 30, 
May 1, 1863. 

At Yazoo City [see Yazoo Biver Expedition], May 
21, 1863. 



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Barrataria^ Steamer, 2 guns. Captured from the rebels, 

1862. 
Grounded and blown uj) on Lake Portchar train, 
April 7, 1863. 

Battery Grei^^, on Morris Island, in Charleston Harbor, 

5. C, evacuated by the Confederate forces after 
having been bombarded by the army and navy, Sept. 

6, 1863. 

Beaufort, S. C. — Flag-officer S. F. Dupont sent a naval 
force to Beaufort, who found the place deserted ex- 
cept by a few negroes and one white man, E'ov. 8, 
1861. 

Beauregard, Schooner, 1 gun. 101 tons. Formerly a 
rebel privateer. Captured by the U. S. bark "W". 
G. Anderson, 'Nov. 12, 1861. 
Attacks rebel battery at Gadsdin's Point, Fla., April 
2, 1863. 

Ben Morgan, Ship, 2 guns. 407 tons. P. 1861. 

Store-ship at Hampton Poads, and iiow at Beaufort, 

KC. 

Benton, Iron-clad, 16 guns. 1,000 tons. She was con- 
structed of two hulls joined together, so as to form 
one vessel 186 feet long by 74 feet beam. Flag- 
ship of the Mississippi Squadron, 1862-3. 

Flag-ship at the attack upon Island ISTo. 10, March 
17, 1862. 

Engages the rebel gunboats at Fort Pillow, May 10, 
1862. 

Captures Memphis and destroys rebel flotilla, June 6, 
1862. 

Pursues the ram Arkansas, June 15, 1862. 

Engages the upper batteries at Yicksburg on the 
'evening of June 15, 1862. 



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Yazoo Kiver Expedition [see Yazoo Batteries], Dee. 

29, 1862. 
Euns the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 

Fleet], April 16, 1863. 
At the capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, 1863. 
Captures Fort De Kussj, May 9, 1863. 
Attacks Yicksburg batteries, co-operating with Gen. 

Grant [see Yicksburg], May 22, 1863. ' 
Attacks Yicksburg batteries. May 27, 1863. 
Again attacks the Yicksburg batteries, June 10, 1863. 

Bermuda, S., 3 guns. 1,238 tons. B. K. P. Supply 
steamer. 

Bienville, S. W., 11 guns. 1,558 tons. L. 238, B. 37, 

D. 22. P. C. $161,250. 
At the taking of Port Eoyal [see Port Royal, S. C], 

E'oY. 7, 1861. 
Sent to Hampton Poads with the official news of the 

capture of Port Royal, jN'ov. 10, 1861. 
At the capture of Fernandina [see Fernandina, Fla.], 

March 4, 1862. 
' On the blockade of the Texas coast during the early 

part of 1863. 
Arrived at New York, Oct. 18, 1863. 
Sailed from N'ew York, June, 1864. 

Black Hawk, S. W., 8 guns. 902 tons. Flag-ship of Ad- 
miral Porter's Squadron. 
Flag-ship at the capture of Arkansas Post [see Arkan- 
sas Post], Jan. 11, 1863. 
At Haines' Bluff [see Haines' Bluff], April 30, May 
1, 1863. 

Blockade. — The President of the United States issued a 
proclamation declaring the blockade of the ports of 
the Southern States in rebellion, April 19, 1861. 



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Of Hampton Koads and mouth of the James Elver 
established, May 2, 1861. 

Of Eappahannock Kiver begnn, May 18, 1861. 

Of mouth of the Mississippi River commenced. May 
26, 1861. ■ 

Of Mobile Bay established, May 27, 1861. 

Of Savannah River begun, May 28, 1861. 
Bloomer, S. W., 2 guns. 130 tons. West Gulf Squadron. 
Blue Light, S., 1 gun. 103 tons. Built at Portsmouth 

Nav}^ Yard for a powder tug, 1864. 

BoMo, Brig, 3 guns. 196 tons. L. 97, B. 24, D. 9. 
P. C. $9,000. 
Sends her boats, in company with those of the Alba- 
tross, to destroy the salt works in St. Andrew's 
Bay, Pla., ISTov. 17, 24, 26, Dec. 8, 1862. 

Brandywine, Sailing Frigate (of 50 guns). 1,726 tons. 
Store-ship at Hampton Roads. Built at Washington 
Navy Yard in 1825. She carried General Le Mar- 
quis de Lafayette to France after his visit to this 
country. 

Braziliera, Bark, 6 guns. 540 tons. L. 135, B. 28, D.*15. 
P. 0. $22,000. 
Employed on the blockade on the South Atlantic 
Squadron since the war. 

Brilliant, Stern-wheel, 4 guns. 226 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. Repulses 4,500 rebels who had attacked 
the Union forces at Dover, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1863. 
Blown up by torpedoes at Yazoo City [see Yazoo 
City], July 18, 1863. 

Britannia, S., 5 guns. B. R. P. 

Captured by the Santiago de Cuba while attempting 

to run the blockade, June 23, 1863. 
Fitted as a gunboat at Boston, Sept., 1863. 



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Brooklyn, S., 26 guns. 2,070 tons. Built by J. A. Wes- 
tervelt, New York, 1858. 

Sailed from Philadelphia, Dec, 1861. 

Blockades the mouth of the Mississippi Eiver, Feb. 2, 
1862. 

Captures the Magnolia, with 1,200 bales of cotton on 
board, Feb. 19, 1862. 

Arrives at the Head of the Passes, Feb. 15, 1862. 

Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip 
[see JSTew Orleans], April 24, 1862. 

At ISTatchez, May 13, 1862. 

Bombards Grand Gulf, Miss., May 26, 1862. 

Attacks, but did not pass the Yicksburg batteries, 
June 28, 1862. 

Again attacks the Yicksburg batteries, July 22, 1862. 

Shells Galveston, Texas, in retaliation for acts com- 
mitted by the enemy, Feb. 24, 1863. 

Arrives at New York, having on board the bodies of 
Commander G. W. Eodgers and Paymaster Wood- 
bury, of the monitor Catskill, who were killed in 
action at Fort Sumter, Aug. 26, 1863. 
■ Refitted and put in commission, at Brooklyn Navy 
Yard, April 14, 1864. 

Brunswick, Ga., visited by the gunboats Mohican, Poca- 
hontas, and Potomoka. The Confederate forces, see- 
ing their approach, fled, after setting on fire the rail- 
road depot and wharf. March 9, 1862. 

Buckthorne, S., 1 gun. 128 tons. P. Fitted at New 
York for West Gulf Squadron, by Chas. Copeland,1864. 



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c. 

Cactus, S. W., 1 gun. 176 tons. P. Fitted at E"ew 
York for West Gulf Squadron. 

Cairo, Iron-clad, 13 guns. 612 tons. 

At tlie capture of Memphis and the destruction of 

the rebel flotilla off that place, June 6, 1862. 
Blown up by two torpedoes in the Yazoo Eiver, no 
one hurt. She sank out of sight in less than twelve 
minutes after the accident. The following vessels 
were present at the time : Pittsburg, Marmora, 
Signal, and ram Queen of the West, Dec. 12, 1862. 

Calhoun, S. W., 3 guns. 508 tons. (Oaptured vessel.) 
Has a running engagement with the rebel gunboat 

Cotton, near Brashear City, Nov. 1, 1862. 
Engages the rebel gunboat Cotton and the batteries 
in Bayou Teche. Lieut. Commander T. Buchan 
McKean killed on board, Jan. 14, 1863. 

Calypso, S., 6 guns. 630 tons. B. K. P. 

Camanche, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844 tons, one turret. Built 
by Secor & Co., Jersey City, IST. J., to be employed 
on the coast of California. She was shipped in 
pieces on board of the merchant ship Aquila for 
San Francisco. She arrived there, 'Nov. 11, 1863. 

The Aquila sunk at the wharf during a severe gale, 
having broke from her moorings, and stove her 
bottom in. She sunk in forty feet of water, Nov. 
16, 1863. 

She w^as one of the original batch of monitors with 
overhangs. L. 200, B. 45, D. 12. She will be re- 
covered without loss or material damage. 

Cambridge, S., 7 guns. 858 tons. L. 200, B. 32, D. 18. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 23 

P. C. $75,000. Employed in the North Atlantic 

Blockading Squadron. 
Sails for Boston, Mass., in the early part of the Re- 
bellion, Sept. 1861. 
Sends a detachment of thirty men, in the tug Rescue, 

to Curitoman Creek, where they burned a schooner 

and had a sharp skirmish with the enemy, 'Nov. 9, 

1861. 
Assists in rescuing the crew of the IT. S. steamer 

Columbia, which was wrecked near ISTew Inlet, 

K C, Jan. 14, 1862. 
At l^ewport, R. I., as a school vessel for the engineer 

class of midshipmen, Aug., 1863. 
Sailed from thence to the Wilmington blockade, 

Sept., 1863. 
Camelia, S., 2 guns. 198 tons. South Atlantic Squadron. 
Canandaigua, S., 10 guns. 1,395 tons. Built at the 

Charlestown ]N"aYy Yard. Eugines by the Atlantic 

Works, Boston. 1862. 
Launched, March 18, 1862. 
Captures the blockade runner Thistle 'No. 1, May 7, 

1863. 
At the attack upon Fort Wagner [see Fort Sumter, 

2d attack], Aug. 17, 1863. 
CanonlcuS) Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1034 tons. Built at South 

Boston, Mass., 1863, by Harrison Loring. 
Launched, Aug. 1, 1863. 
Trial trip (2d) gun compressor found deficient, Feb. 

23, 1863. 
Put in commission at Boston, April 16, 1864. 
Sailed from Boston, April 22, 1864. 
Arrived at New York, April 25, 1864. 
Attached to Admiral Lee's James River flotilla. May, 

1864. 
Carmita, Schooner, 1 gun. 61 tons. East Gulf Squadron. 



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Carnation, S., 2 guns. 82 tons. P. South Atlantic 
Squadron. 

Carondelet, Iron-clad, 13 guns. 512 tons. L. 176, B. 52, 

D. 6. 
At the capture of Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862. 
Attacks Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 1862. 
Kuns the batteries at Island ISTo. 10, April 4, 1862. 
At Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862. 
At the capture of Memphis and destruction of the 

rebel flotilla, June 6, 1862. 
Engages the ram Arkansas, June 15, 1862. 
Kuns the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 

fleet], April 16, 1863. 
At the capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, 1863. 
Attacks Yicksburg batteries [see Yicksburg], May 22, 

1863. 
Engages the batteries at Yicksburg, May 27, 1863. 

Carral>essett, S. W., 6 guns. 202 tons. West Gulf 
Squadron. 

CascO) Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Built at East Boston. 
Launched at Boston, May 7, 1864. 

Catawba, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Built at the 
Niles Works, Cincinnati. 
Launched April 13, 1864. 

Catskill, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844 tons. Built at Brooklyn, 
E". Y., by T. F. Eowland, Continental Iron Works. 

The Catskill is a monitor battery with one turret, 1 
200-pounder rifle, and 1 15-inch gun. 

Launched, Dec. 6, 1862. 

Left N'ew York for Fortress Monroe, Feb. 28, 1863. 

Arrived at Port Royal, S. C, March 3, 1863. 

In the attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort Sumter], 
April 7, 1863. 



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Flag-ship of the attack iipwi the Morris Island bat- 
teries, July 10, 1863. 

Attacks Fort "Wagner [see Fort Wagner], July 18, 
1863. 

In the attack upon Fort Wagner, Fleet Captain G. 
W. Kodgers, in temporary command of the Cats- 
kill, and Assistant Paymaster Woodbury, were 
killed by a shot striking the pilot-house [see Fort 
Sumter, second attack], Aug. 17, 1863. 

Cayuga, S., 7 guns. 607 tons. Built by Gildersleeve & 
Son, at Portland, Me. Engines by Woodruff & 
Beach, Hartford, Conn. 

Attacks and passes Forts Jackson & St. Philip, as the 
flag-ship of the Second Division of Farragut's fleet. 
The Division was in command of Capt. T. Bailey, 
of the Colorado. [See 'New Orleans.] April 24, 
1862. 

Left ^N'ew Orleans with dispatches for the N'avy 
Department, with Capt. Bailey as bearer, and Com- 
mander C. S. Boggs, U. S. N"., of the Yaruna 
(sunk), as bearer of dispatches on behalf of Gen. 
Butler, April 29, 1862. 

Arrived at Hampton Poads, May 9, 1862. 

Arrived at New York, May 11, 1862. 

Ceres, S., 4 guns. 144 tons. L. 120, B. 22, D. 6. P. 

C. $12,100. 
Attacks Roanoke Island [see Poanoke Island], Feb. 

7, 1862. 
At Elizabeth City [see Elizabeth City], Feb. 10, 

1862. 
At Hamilton, IN". C. [see Hamilton], July 9, 1862. 
Attacks the enemy near Fort Anderson, N. C, 

March 14, 1863. ' 
Arrives at Washington, N. C, to aid in protecting 



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the Union troops "s^vlio were invested and besieged 
[see Washington, N. C], April 4, 1863. 
Champion; S. "W., 4guns. 115 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Charlotte, Schooner, 1 gun, tender in the West Gulf 

Squadron. 
Chartered Vessels. The following vessels were chartered 
at the breaking out of the rebellion and armed 
for naval service. N^early all of them were subse- 
quently purchased : — 

Union, $7,000 per month. 

Keystone State, $600 per day. 

Mount Yernon, $8,000 per month. 

Monticello, $8,000 per month. 

Huntsville, $10,000 per month. 

Montgomery, $10,000 per month. 

K. E.^ Cuyler, $12,500 per month. 

Dawn, $7,000 per month. 

Daylight, $8,000 per month. 

Quaker City, $600 per day. 

James Guy, $20 per day. 

Adelaide, $600 per day. 

George Peabody, $600 per day. 

J. L.'Pussy, $30 per day. 

Tempest, $100 per day.' 

Curlew, $7,000 per month. 
Chattanooga, S., 8 guns. 3,000 tons. Building at Phila- 
delphia. 
Chenango, S. W., 9 guns. 974 tons. Built at Brooklyn, N. 
Y., by Jere. Simonson. L. 240, B. 35, D. 12,' 1863. 

Put in commission at Brooklyn, Feb., 1864. 

Exploded her port boiler in ]N". Y. harbor, kilHng 26 
persons, April 15, 1864. 
Cherokee, S., 5 guns. Captured off Charleston, S. C, 
May 7, 1863. 



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N'ow a U. S. gunboat, 1864. 
Sailed from Boston, May 4, 1864. 

Chicamacomico, ]^. C. The rebels drove a portion of the 
2d Indiana Yol. Regt. along the beach to capture 
them. The gunboat Monticello discovering the con- 
dition of affairs, shelled the enemy and drove thern 
off, Oct. 5, 1861. 

Chickasaw, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 970 tons. Built at St. 
Louis. Launched, (4 ladies knocked overboard, 1 lost,) 
Feb. 10, 1864. 

Chickopce, S. W., 9 guns. 974 tons. Built by Paul Cur- 
tis, Boston ; engine by Keptune Iron Works. L. 240, 
B. 35, D. 12. 

Chiliicothe, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 303 tons. Built at E'ew 
Albany, Ind., by McCord & Junger. L. 155, B. 50, 
D. 5. Two screw engines, two paddle engines, one 
stationary turret, two 11-inch guns. 

At Yazoo Pass expedition, March 11, 1863. 

At Fort Pemberton, March 13, 1863. 

Attacked in the Tallahatchie River, March 16, 1863. 

Chimo, iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Built at South Bos- 
ton by Aquila Adams, 1863-4. 
Launched, May 5, 1864. 
Chippewa, S., 7 guns. 507 tons. Built by Webb & Bell^ 
ISr. Y. Engines by Morgan Iron Works, ]^. Y. 
Launched, Sept. 14, 1861. 
Participates in the attack upon Fort Macon, K. C. 
- [see Fort Macon], April 26, 1862. 
Aids in the attack upon Fort Wagner, Charleston 
harbor [see Fort Wagner], July 18, 1863. 

Chotank, Schooner, 1 gun. 53 tons. L. 56, B. 17, D. 6. 
Purchased at marshal's sale for $1,250. She was 
formerly the privateer Savannah, prize to the brig 
Perry. 



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Choctaw, S. W., Iron-clad, 4 guns. 1000 tons. L. 260, B. 
45, D. 10. 

Attacks Haines' Bluff [see Haines' Bluff], April 30, 

May 1, 1863. 
At Yazoo City [see Yazoo River Expedition], May 

21, 1863. 
At Milliken's Bend [see Milliken's Bend], June Y, 

1863. 

Chociira, S., 5 guns. 507 tons. Built by Curtis & Til- 
den, Boston. Engines by Harrison Loring, Boston. 

Launched, Sept., 1861. 

At Yorktown, May 4, 1862. 

Sends a boat expedition to Merrill's- Inlet, S. C, 
May 3, 1863. 

Cimcrone, S. W., 9 guns. 860 tons. Built at Bordens- 
town, N^. J., by D. Merclion ; engines by the same. 

C. $100,000. 

Participates in the attack upon Fort Wagner [see 
Fort Sumter, second attack], Aug. 17, 1863. 

Cincinnati, Iron-clad, 13 guns. 512 tons. L. 175, B. 51, 

D. 6. 

She was converted to a war vessel from a river boat 

in 1861. 
At the capture of Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862. 
Attacks Island 'No. 10, March 17, 1862. 
Engages the rebel gunboats at Fort Pillow, May 10, 

1862. 
Bombards the upper batteries at Yicksburg on the 

evening of June 15, 1862. 
Arkansas Post [see Arkansas Post], Jan. 11, 1863. 
Attacks Yicksburg batteries. May 27, 1863. 
Sunk while running tlie batteries at Yicksburg, May 

27, 1863. 
Raised and towed to Cairo in Aug., 1863. 



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Circassian, Screw, 5 guns. 1,Y50 tons. Captured while 
endeavoring to run the blockade, 18G2. 

Was put in commission, and ran as a supply vessel 
to the squadrons from Dec. 1862 until 1864,^.when 
she went to Boston for extensive repairs. 

Captured the Mina, B. E., Dec. 9, 1863. 

Clara Dolscn, S. W., 1 gun. 852 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. 

Clarksville, Tenn., taken possession of by the naval forces 
under Flag Officer A. H. Foote, Feb. 20, 1862. 

Clifton, S. W., 8 guns. 892 tons. P. 

One of the steam division of the Porter Mortar Flo- 
tilla [see ISGw Orleans], April, 1862. 

In the attack upon the Yicksburg batteries she had 
her boiler pierced by a shot, killing six men. and 
injuring several others ; notwithstanding this acci- 
dent, her guns were fired until the signal was made 
to retire from action. June 28, 1862. 

Assists in the capture of Galveston, Texas, Oct. 9, 
1862. 

Attacked by the rebel flotilla in Galveston Bay, 
Texas, she had one man killed [see Galveston, 
Texas], Jan. 1, 1863. 

Engages the enemy at Bayou Teche, July 26, 1863. 

Captured in Sabine Pass [see Sabine Pass, Texas], 
Sept. 8, 1863.] 
Clover, S., 2 guns. 852 tons. South Atlantic Squadron. 
Clyde, S.W., 2 guns. 294 tons. B. R. P. East Gulf 

Squadron. 
Ceeur de Lion, S. W., 2 guns. 60 tons. P. Potomac 
Flotilla. 

Attacked while at anchor off Pratt's Landing, on the 
Potomac River, Dec. 4, 1862. 

In the Nansemond River operations, April 14, 1863. 



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Cohassct, S., 2 guns. 100 tons. L. 82, B. 18, D. 7. P, 
C. $14,500. (Name clianged from E. D. Fogg.) 
Employed as an armed tug in tlie.E"ortli Atlantic 
Blockading Squadron. 

IS'anseraond Kiver operations, April 14, 1863. 

In company with the iron-clad Sangamon and Com- 
modore Barney, makes a reconnoisance of the 
James Eiver, Aug. 4, 5, 1863. 

Cohocs, iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. M. F. Merritt 
contractor. Built at Continental Iron Works by T. 
F. Kowland, engines by Hqts & Philips, Newark, 
K J., 1864. 

Colorado) S., 52 guns. 3,425 tone. Built at the Gosport 

Navy Yard, 1865. 
Sends a boat expedition into Pensacola harbor, and 

des-troys by fire the privateer Judah lying at the 

Navy Yard wharf. Union loss 3 killed and 15 

wounded. Sept. 13, 1861. 
A portion of her crew man the vessels of Admiral 

Farragut's fteet on the passage of the Forts below 

New Orleans, April, 1862. 
Arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., Feb. 3, 1864. 

Columbia, S., 5 guns. Lost on the shoals near New Inlet, 
S. C, under the guns of the rebel batteries, Jan. 14, 
1863. 

Columbine, S., 2 guns. 133 tons. Tug in the S. Atlantic 

Squadron. 
With the Pawnee's launch in tow captures the rebel 

steamer Sumter in St. John's River, Fla., March 

12, 1864. 
Captured in St. John's River, May 23, 1864. 

Commodore, S. W., 4 guns. 80 tons. West Gulf Squadron. 
Commodore Barney, S. W., 7 guns. 513 tons. • L. 143, B. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 31 

33, D.12. P. C. $38,000. (N"ame changed from 
Ethan Allen.) 

Attacks Eoanoke Island [see Koanoke Island], Feb. 
T, 1862. 

At Winton [see Winton, ]Si. C], Feb. 19, 1862. 

At ITewbern [see JSTewbern, K C], March 14, 1862. 

Participates in the operations npon the N'ansemond 
Eiver, April 11, 1863. 

In company with the iron-clad Sangamon, and gun- 
boat Cohasset, makes a reconnoissance of the James 
Eiver, Ya. She was penetrated with more than 
thirty projectiles, one of which passed through her 
boiler, disabling her for a time. The Sangamon 
towed her out of range. Aug. 4, 5, 1863. 
Commodore Hull, S. W., 6 guns. 376 tons. P. 

Attacks Hill's Point (N. C.) battery, March 31, 1863. 

Aids the U. S. troops under Major-General Foster, 
when besieged at Washington, ^N". C. [see "Wash- 
ington, K C.], April 1, 1863. 

At Washington, 'N. C, until the rebels withdrew, 
April 15, 1863. 
Commodore Jones, S. W., 6 guns. 512 tons. P. 

Assists in covering the embarkation of U. S. troops 
at the evacuation of West Point, Ya., June 1, 1863. 

Attacked by guerillas, on the Piankatank Eiver, 
Aug. 11, 1863. 

Blown up by torpedoes in the James Eiver, May 6, 
1861. ^ 
Commodore McDonough, S. W., 6 guns. 532 tons. P. 

Attempts the rescue of the U. S. steamer Isaac Smith, 
captured by the enemy at the Legareville batteries, 
Stono Eiver, S. C, Jan. 30, 1863. 

Aids the U. S. troops under Col. Barton, of the 
Forty-eighth 'New York Yolunteers, in the occupa- 
tion of Bluffton,-S. C, June 3, 1863. 



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Commodore Morris, S. W., 6 guns. 532 tons. P. 
In the Pamnnkey River expedition, Jan. 8, 1863. 
At Gloucester Court-House, Ya., April 8, 1863. 
At West Point, Ya., April 16, 1863. 
Covers the embarkation of U. S. troops at tlie evacu- 
ation of West Point, Ya., June 1, 1863. 

Commodore Perry, S. W., 6 guns. 513 tons. L. 143, 

B. 33, D. 12. P. C. $38,000. 
Attacks Roanoke Island [see Roanoke Island], Feb. 

7, 1862. 
At Elizabeth City, N. C. [see Winton, N. C], Feb. 

19, 1862. 
At JNTewbern, K. C. [see :N"ewbern, N. C], March 14, 

1862. 
Engaged at Hamilton [see Hamilton, N. C], July 9, 

1862. 
Yisits Jamesville, 'N. C, and shells the enemy on the 

bluff, Jan. 29, 1863. 

Commodore Read, S. AY., 6 guns. 650 tons. P. 1862. 

Put in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 
Sept. 8, 1863. 
Commodore S. H. Stringham relieved of his command of 

the Atlantic Blockading Squadron by Commodore 

L. M. Goldsbdrough, Sept. 23, 1861. 

Commodore Truxton, Steamer, 2 guns. Mississippi Squad- 
ron, 1862. 

Conemaiigh, S. W., 9 guns. 955 tons. Built at the 

Portsmouth IsTavy Yard. Engines by E"ovelty Iron 

Works, K Y. 1861. 

Attached to the Pocotaligo expedition, Oct. 22, 1862. 

Destroys the blockade runner Queen of the Wave, 

near Winyaw Bay, S. C, Feb. 25, 1863. 

Conestoga, S. W., 7 guns. 512 tans. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 33 

Engages two rebel gunboats and a 1 6-gnn battery at 
Lucas Bend, near N^orfolk, Mo. One of the rebel 
gunboats [Yankee] was disabled, Sept. 10, 1861. 

Chases the rebel gunboat Jeif. Davis down the Mis- 
sissippi River until the rebel was so wearied out 
and damaged, that she sought shelter under the 
guns of the rebel works at Columbus, Kj., Oct. 1, 
1861. 

At the capture of Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862. 

Attacks Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 1862. 

Attacks Island 'No. 10, April, 1862. 

At Charles City, Ark., June IT, 1862. 

Collided with ram Gen. S. Price below ^N'atchez, and 
sunk, March 10, 1864. 

Congress, Frigate, 50 guns. 1,876 tons. Built at Ports- 
mouth J^avy Yard, 1841. 
Sunk by the Merrimac [see Merrimac fight], March 

8, 1862. 

Connecticut, S. W., 10 guns. 1,800 tons. L. 250, B. 38, 
D. 22. P. C. $200,000. (Originally known as the 

" Mississippi.") 
Supply steamer for the Atlantic coast squadrons, 

June, 1861, to the latter part of 1863. 
Put in commission at New York as a cruiser, Aug. 

3, 1863. 
Collides with the Quaker City, Aug. 22, 1863. 
Destroys the blockade runner Phantom, Sept. 28, 1863. 

Constellation, Sloop of war, 24 guns. 1,425 tons. Re- 
built at Gosport JN'avy Yard, 1854. This vessel has 
been attached to the Mediterranean Squadron up to 
the time of publishing this work, 1864. 

Constitution, Frigate, IT guns. 1,60T tons. Built at 
Charlestown, 1T9T. She is a 50-gun frigate, and has 



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been used as a scliool ship at the I^aval Academy for 
several years. She now lies at Newport, R. I., a 
school ship. 

Contoocook, S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Building at Ports- 
mouth, N. H.^ Navy Yard, 1864:. 

Cornubia, S. W., 5 guns. 600 tons. B. R. P. Pitted at 
Boston. 
Put in commission at Boston, March IT, 1864. 
Sailed from Boston, April 8, 1864. 

Corpus Christi, Texas, captured by bark Arthur, gunboat 
Sachem, and yacht Corypheus, Aug. 18, 1862. 

Corwin, S. W., 3 guns. 330 tons. Built in Philadelphia 
in 1849. Since March, 1863, carried one 30-pdr. Par- 
rott and two brass 12-pdr. rifled guns. She was built 
for the Coast Survey, and continued in that service till 
April, 1861, when she was transferred to the Revenue 
Service, and in September, 1861, was transferred to 
the ISTavy for special service, and Lieut. Commander 
Thomas S. Phelps, U. S. N., ordered to command 
her, with directions to examine and survey the North 
Carolina Inlets, and especially that of Hatteras, for 
the operatioi^ of the army and navy on the inland 
waters of that State. While surveying the " Bulk- 
head" at Hatteras Inlet her boats were frequently 
driven in by the rebel gunboats ; and on the 14tli of 
November, at 1 p. m. (while lying close to the shoals, 
over which she could not pass on account of her 
draught), she was attacked from the sound side by 
. the rebel gunboat " Curlew," Captain Thomas T. 
Hunter, mounting one 9-inch gun and one 80-pdr. 
rifle (Corwin at this time mounted only her two 12- 
pdrs.), and after a sharp conflict, which lasted about 
twenty minutes, the Curlew was beaten off and re- 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 35 

treated up the sound. "Wliile surveying she had other 
skirmishes at long range. April 1st, 1862, she joined 
the ]N"ortli American Blockading Squadron under 
Flag Officer L. M. Goldsborough, in Hampton Roads, 
and on the second appearance of the Merrimac was 
dispatched with the " Altoroni" to the front, to pro- 
tect the vessels in the inner anchorage from the rebel 
gunboatsf six in number, accompanying the Merrimac. 
April 2d, she was detailed, with three other gunboats 
under her command, to take charge of Gen. Frank- 
lin's Division (momentarily expected) the instant it 
arrived, to convey and land it in the rear of Glouces- 
ter Point, Ya. April 21st, Gen. Franklin's Division 
not arriving, she was ordered to join the York River 
Squadron, where she was specially employed in keep- 
ing the rebels from erecting batteries on the north 
shore, and was frequently engaged with the York- 
town batteries — fired the last naval shell at the place, 
which passed three quarters of a mile beyond the 
town, exploded in the midst of a party playing cards, 
and killed five men — a point distant four and three 
•quarter miles from the steamer. May 4th, on dis- 
covering Yorktown to be evacuated, the Corwin made 
a reconnoissance thirteen miles up the river, captur- 
ing several vessels, causing others to be burned, and 
drove the 1st Ya. Cavalry away from Queen's Creek, 
killing eleven. Same evening she proceeded to West 
Point, Ya., and held that place till the arrival of the 
squadron with two divisions of the army on the 6th, 
thereby preventing the rebel troops from Gloucester 
Point from crossing and joining the main body from 
Yorktown. May Tth, she ascended the Mattapony 
River about thirty miles (in pursuit of 4,000 rebels 
who were endeavoring to cross at Frazier's Landing, 
but who on her approach were obliged to abandon 



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tlie design), when her furtlier advance was checked 
by her draught of water. The rebels finally crossed 
at Dunkirk, with a loss of 1,000 by desertion. He- 
turned to West Point, and from May 13th to July 
1st was in charge of that place, guarding the head 
of York Hiver, the Mattapony, and mouth of Pamun- 
key Pi vers, and protecting transports and other pub- 
lic property. July 1st, ordered to fall back to York- 
town, and on July 13th detached from the North 
American Blockading Squadron and dispatched on 
special service to survey the Potomac Piver. 

Corypheus, Schooner yacht, 1 gun. 100 tons. Captured 
from the rebels, and converted into an armed tender, 

1862. 

Courier, Ship, 5 guns. 654 tons. L. 135, B. 30, D. 15. 
P. C. $20,000. Has been employed as a store and 
coal vessel since she was put in commission, 1861. 

Covington, S. W., 8 guns. 224 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 

Cowslip, S. W., 3 guns. 220 tons. West Gulf Squadron. 

C. Phelps, Ship, 2 guns. 362 tons. L. 107, B. 27, D. 13. 
P. C. $7,400. Employed as a store-ship at Hampton 
Poads. She was an old New London whaleship. 

C. P. Williams, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 210 tons. 
L. 103, B. 28, D. 8. P. C. $6,000. This vessel 
was purchased for Commander D. D. Porter's 
mortar flotilla, and carried two 32-pounders and 
one 13-inch mortar. 
* Mortar Flotilla operations [see New Orleans], April 
17, 1862. 
Yicksburg bombardment, June 28, 1862. 
Bombards Fort McAllister, Ga., Jan. 27, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 37 

Participates in the second attack upon Fort McAlis- 
ter, Ga., Feb. 1, 1863. 

Cricketj Steamer, 6 guns. 151 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
[See White Kiver Expedition]. Aug. 15, 1863. 

Crocus, S., 1 gun. 115 tons. Put in commission at 
Brooklyn, Aug. 14, 1863. 

Wrecked on Body's Island, Aug. 17, 1863. 
Crusader, S., 9 guns. 545 tons. P. 1858. 

One of the first vessels to enforce the blockade of 
Southern ports, 1861. 

Stationed in E"orth Edisto River, S. C, from January 
to June, 1862. 

Lieut.-Commanding A. Rhind, and Lieut. Prentis of 
the Crusader, make a reconnoissance to a battery 
at Bear Bluff, IsTorth Edisto, S. C, shot one of the 
picket-guard accidentally, and brought off another 
to the vessel, a prisoner. It was a daring act, 
and through it we received much valuable informa- 
tion. March 24, 1862. 

A boat's crew, while engaged in gathering cotton, 
were fired upon by the enemy, who wounded an 
officer and three men, April 19, 1862. 

Captures Pow Pow battery, S. C, April 29, 1862. 

Piloted by Robert Small (colored), and accompanied 
by the Planter, ran up the North Edisto River 
into Wadmelaw Sound, as far as Simmon's Bluff, 
where they fired into a rebel encampment and 
destroyed it, June 21, 1862. 

Attached to the expedition up York River to West 
Point, Ya., April 16, 1863. 

Cumberland, Sloop of war, 24 guns. 1,726 tons. Built at 
Charlestown ISTavy Yard, 1842. 
Towed out of the Gosport IN'avy Yard and saved 
from destruction, April 20, 1861. 



38 HAND-BOOKOF 

At Hatteras Inlet [see Hatteras Inlet], Aug. 29, 1861. 
Sunk in action by the Merrimac [see Merrimac fight], 
March 8, 1862. 

C!imberland Island [see Fernanclina]. 

Cumberland Sound [see Fernandina], 

Cummings, Lieut. Commander A. B., wounded on board of 
the Eichmond at Port Hudson batteries, March 14, 
1863. 
Died at E'ew Orleans, March 18, 1863. 

Curlew, S., 6 guns. 500 tons. (Chartered.) 

At Port Koyal [see Port Koyal, S. C], E'ov. 7, 1861. 
Curlew, Steamer, 6 guns. 196 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Currituck, S., 6 guns. 193 tons. L. 119, B. 23, D. 7. 
P. C. $10,000. JSTame changed from Seneca. 

At Yorktown, Ya., May 4, 1862. 

Destroys rebel transports in the Pamunkey Kiver, 
May 17, 1862. 

Attacked while at anchor near Pratt's Landing, on 
the Potomac Kiver, Dec. 4, 1862. 

Attacked while passing a rebel battery, at Brandy- 
wine Hill, Potomac, Dec. 10, 1862. 

Skirmishes with rebel cavalry at Tappahannock, Ya., 
June 30, 1863. 

Cyane, Sloop of war, 19 guns. 732 tons. Built at the 
Charlestown JsTavy Yard, 1837. She has been at- 
tached to the Pacific Squadron during the rebellion. 



Dacotah, S., 8 guns. 996 tons. Built at the Gosport 
Kavy Yard, 1858. 
Aids the Monticello in destroying a blockade runner 



THE UKITED STATES NAVY. 39 

under tlie guns of Fort Caswell, K C, Feb. 23, 

1863. 
Sailed from ]^ew York in search of privateers, Nov. 

5, 1863. 
Eeturned, Nov. IT, 1863. 
Ordered to Portsmouth, K H., Dec. 6, 1863. 
In pm'suit of the captured steamer Chesapeake, Dec. 

10, 1863. 
Went to Halifax and returned to Portsmouth, N; H., 

Dec, 1863. 
Sailed from Portsmouth, Feb., 1864. 

Daffodil, S. W., 3 guns. 125 tons. P. Teifder to flag 
ship of the South Atlantic Squadron. 

Dahlia, S., 1 gun. 100 tons. P. Tug Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 

Daisy, S., 1 gun. 90 tons. P. Tug Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 

Dale, Ship, 16 guns. 566 tons. Built at Philadelphia, 
1839. 
Ordnance vessel at Key West, Fla., 1862-4. 

Dandelion, S., 2 guns. Ill tons. P. South Atlantic 
Squadron. 

Dan Smith, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 149 tons. L. 89, 
B. 25, D.T. P. C. $8,000. 

One of the Porter Mortar Flotilla, l5^2. 

At the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip 
[see^ew Orleans], April, 1862. 

Carries the news of the capture of the Forts to Ha- 
vana, April 25, 1862. 

Darlington, S. "W., 2 guns. 300 tons. Captured from 
the rebels, and after being used some time by the 
navy, was sold to the War Department, and was uspd 



40 HAND-BOOK OF 

in tlie waters of South Carolina. In 1864, being old 
and worn out, was sold by the U. S. Quartermaster. 

Dart, Schooner, 2 guns. 94 tons. [Captured.] West 
Gulf Squadron. 
At the attack upon the shore batteries at Galveston, 
Texas, Aug. 5, 1861. 

Davis, Captain C. H. (now Admiral), appointed Flag Of- 
ficer of the Mississippi Flotilla, June 17, 1862. 

Dawn, S., 4 guns. 391 tons. L. 154, B. 28, D. 9. P. 

C. $35,000. 
Attacks Fort McAllister, Ga., Jan. 27, 1863. 
In the second attack upon Fort McAllister, Ga., 

Feb. 1, 1863. 
Assists in the destruction of the privateer ]N"ashville 

in the Ogeechee Eiver, Feb. 28, 1863. 
Sailed from l^ew York, Dec. 9, 1863. 

Daylight, S., 5 guns. 682 tons. L. 162, TB. 30, D. 19. 

P. C. $55,000. 

Engages a rebel field battery which had opened fire 
upon the merchant ship John Clark in Lynn Ha- 
ven Bay, Ya. The ship had been driven into the 
bay owing to bad weather, and was unable to get 
out, when the rebels finding out this fact endeav- 
ored to capture her ; and but for the prompt as- 
sistance ij^f' the Daylight she would have been forced 
to surrender. She was towed off and sent to sea 
out of harm's way, Oct. 10, 1861. 

At the attack and capture of Fort Macon, N. C. [see 
Fort Macon], April 26, 1862. 

Decatur, Ship, 14 guns. 566 tons. Built at Charlestown 
Navy Yard, 1839. 
In ordinary at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 
1862-4. ' 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 41 

Delaware, S. W., 5 guns. 357 tons. L. 156, B. 27, D. 9. 
P. C. $45,000. 

At the attack upon Roanoke Island, N". C. [see Roan- 
oke Island], Feb. 7, 1862. 

In company with twelve U. S. steamers attacks a rebel 
battery at Cobb's Point, near Elizabeth City, E". 
C, which was assisted by a flotilla of several gun- 
boats. . The battery was silenced and destroyed, 
and all of the rebel vessels destroyed except the 
Ellis, Captain J. M. Cook, Feb. 10, 1862. 

Engages the Confederate works at Winton, N. C. [see 
Winton, K C], Feb. 19, 20, 1862. 

Attached to the ISTeuse River expedition [see K'euse 
River Expedition], Dec. 12, 1862. 
De Soto, S. "W., 10 guns. 1,600 tons. L. 242, B. 37, D. 
24. P. C. $161,250. 

and New London attack two rebel gunboats in Mis- 
sissippi Sound, and drive them off, Dec. 7, 1861. 

Captures five schooners, blockade runners, off Mobile, 
April 24, 1863. 

Causes the destruction of the steamer Cuba, May 17, 
1863. 

Captures the Alice Yivian, Aug. 18, 1863. 

Captures the steamer Crescent, Aug. 20, 1863. 

Captures the Leviathan, Sep. 22, 1863. 

(See Prizes captured.) 
Dia €hin^, S., 3 guns. P. Slie was built for the Chinese 
ISTavy under Mandarin Ward. After his death, the 
money due upon her not forthcoming, she was sold 
to the E"avy Department. She was built by Jewett 
& Co., Brooklyn, IST. Y. 

At the attack upon Fort" "Wagner [see Fort Sumter, 
second attack], Aug. 17, 1863. 
Diana, S. "W., 3 guns. 300 tons. Captured. West Gulf 
Squadron. 



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Captured in Berwick Bay, March 28, 1863. 
Captures steamer Soutliern Merchant, Sep. 24, 1863. 

Dictator, Iron-clad ram, 2 guns. 3,033 tons. L. 324, B. 
52, D. 22. Built by C. II. Delamater, at the Dela- 
mater Iron Works, foot iof 13th st., N". E,., Kew 
York City, from drawings and plans by John 
Ericsson. 

Keel laid, Sept., 1862. 

Failed to launch, Nov. 28, 1863. 

Failed again, owing to a want of proper inclination 
being given to the launching ways, ISTov. 29, 1863. 

Successfully launched, Dec. 26, 1863. 

DonaldsonYille, Capital of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, 
I situated on the right bank of the Mississippi Biver 

just below the outlet of La Fourche, destroyed by 
Admiral Farragut's orders for firing upon Union 
vessels. 
After its occupation by the U. S. troops was attacked 
by the Confederate forces who were repulsed, the 
TJ. S. gunboats Princess Boyal, Winona, and Kineo 
participating, June 28, 1863. 

Dover, Tcnn., Capital of Stewart County, Tenn., T5 miles 
west of JN'ashville. It is situated on the south side 
of Cumberland Biver. 
Attacked by 4,600 rebels and 8 pieces of artillery. 
The attack was repulsed, the following gunboats 
contributing much to the successful issue : Lexino;- 
'i> ton. Fair Play, St. Clair, Brilliant A. Kobb, and 

Silver Lake, Feb. 4, 1863. 

Dragon, S. W., 3 guns. 118 tons. P. Potomac Flotilla. 
At the attack upon Fort Darling [see Fort Darling], 

May 15, 1862. 
Attacked near Fort Lowrj^, on the Bappahannock 
Biver, Feb. 24, 1863. 



THE TTNITED STATES NAVY. 43 

Exploded her boiler on tlie Potomac River, killing 
two, and scalding several, Jan. 20, 186*4:, 

Drury's Bluff. Seven miles below Richmond, Ya., on the 
James River. [See Fort Darling.] 

Dunderfterg-, Iron-clad ram, S.,- 12 guns. 5,090 tons. 
L. 378, B. 68, D. 32. Built by W, H. "Webb at 

'New York City. She is a casemated vessel pierced 
for 8 guns in broadside and 4 in two turrets placed 
upon the casemate, armor plates 4|- inches thick. 
Engines built by John Roach & Son Etna Iron 
Works, New York City. 100 inch cylinders ; 
stroke of piston 48 inches ; one screw 21 feet in 
diameter, the largest one of composition as yet cast. 

Keel laid, Oct. 4, 1862. 

Screw cast at Etna Iron Works, March 19, 1864. 



E. 

Eastport, Iron-clad, 8 guns. TOO tons. Captured fi'om 
the rebels at Fort Henry. Mississippi Squadron. 

Captured from the rebels while being converted into 
a gunboat on the Tennessee River, by the expedi- 
tion under Lieutenant Commander Phelps of the 
Conestoga, accompanied by the Tyler and Lexing- 
ton, Feb. T, 1862. 
E. B. Hale, S., 5 guns. 192 tons. L. 106, B. 28, D. 7. 
P. C. $23,000. 

Ensiao^es the rebel flotilla in Savannah River, Feb. 14, 
1862. 

Captures Pow Pow Battery, S. C, April 29, 1862. 

Destroys rebel salt works, July 30, 1862. 

Captures rebel steamer Governor Morton, Oct. 9, 
1862. 

Boats assist the U. S. steamer IS^orwich in the capture 



44 HAND-BOOK OF 

of two rebel signal stations near Jacksonville, Fla., 

Aug. 19, 1863. 
Elizabeth City, Ni C, capital of Pasquatank Co., ^N". C. 
It is situated on tlie Pasquatank River, 20 miles from 
its mouth. Attacked by U. S. naval flotilla under 
Commander S. C. Eowan, composed of the following 
vessels : Louisiana, Hetzel, Underwriter, Delaware 
(flag ship), Commodore Perry, Yalley City, Morse, 
J. IST. Seymour, "Whitehead, J. L. Lockwood, Ceres, 
Shawsheen, Henry Brincker, and General Putnam. 
The flotilla entered Albemarle Sound on the 9th of 
February, 1862, at 3 p. m. Several rebel gunboats 
were then discovered and chased, but their superior 
speed enabled them to escape. At 8 p. m. the U. S. 
flotilla anchored for the night. At daylight on the 
10th of February they weighed anchor, formed in line 
of battle, and proceeded up the river. At 8.30 a.m., 
the enemy's gunboats were discovered drawn up in 
line of battle under the cover of the guns of the shore 
batteries, under the command of Commodore Lynch, 
late of the United "States J^avy. The enemy were 
first to open fire. The Union flotilla paid no atten- 
tion to their shot until within three-quarters of a mile 
of the batteries, wdien they opened their fire and at 
the same time dashed at the enemy's gunboats at 
full speed. This sudden and unexpected movement 
disconcerted the enemy, who set on fire the gun- 
schooner Black Warrior and fled in confusion. The 
Union gunboats ran down and «ank the rebel flag 
ship Sea Bird, taking her oflicers and crew prisoners. 
The Underwriter cut off the retreat of the Beaufort, 
and the Ceres captured the Ellis. The Confederate 
steamer Forrest and a new gunboat on the stocks 
and a smaller vessel were burned, and their machinery 
destroyed. The Fanny and Black Warrior were de- 
stroj^ed by fire in action, Feb. 10, 1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 45 

Elk, S. W., 6 guns. 162 tons. West Gulf Squadron. 

Ella, S. W., 2 guns. 230 tons. P. Potomac Flotilla. 

Ella and Annie, Steamer. (Captured blockade runner.) 
[See Malvern.] Nov. 9, 1863. 

Ellen, S. ^y., 4 guns. 341 tons. L. 125, B. 28, D. 10. 
P. C. $23,100. 
• Attached to the Savannah Piver expedition [see Sa- 
vannah Piver], Jan. 28, 1862. 
At the capture of Fernandina [see Fernandina, Fla.], 
March 4, 1862. 

Ellis, Steamer, 4 guns. 

Captured from the rebels at Elizabeth City, N". C, 

Feb. 10, 1862. 
At the attack upon Fort Macon, ISf. C, April 26, 

1862. 
Lost at I^ew Piver Inlet, K C, E'ov. 23, 1862. 

Emma, S., 8 guns. 350 tons. P.P. P. North Atlantic 
Squadron. 

Essex, Iron-clad, 7 guns. 1,000 tons. L. 205, P. 60, D. 
5, P. ^d converted into an iron-clad war vessel 
by Commodore W. P. Porter, U. S. N. 

Makes a reconnoissance to the rebel batteries at Co- 
Imnbus, Ky., Jan. 7, 1862. 

Attacked by three rebel gunboats near Columbus, 
Ky. The rebel vessels were obliged to retire, Jan. 
n, 1862. 

At the capture of Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862. 

Attempts the destruction of the rebel ram Arkansafe, 
under the guns of the Yicksburg batteries. An 
officer on board of the Essex at the time says : — 
" The upper fleet, including the Essex, got under 
way at 4 a.m. advancing down the river to the 



46 HAND-BOOKOF 

point opposite and above Yicksburg, where tlie Es- 
sex left the other vessels, and rapidly advanced 
upon the rebel boat, then l.ying immediately under 
the upper batteries, of which there were three 
tiers, one above the other. The original intention 
of striking the Arkansas was frustrated by her 
letting go her head line, letting her bow swing out 
into the stream, receiving our three 9-inch guns 
when within twelve yards, and immediately after- 
ward a slight grazing blow upon lier bow, perfectly 
harmless to her, but causing the Essex to run hard 
upon the bank. The guns w^ere immediately re- 
loaded and run out of the holes in the port covers, 
but were not again fired ; but during this time, 
while we lay upon the bank, the batteries put 
three shots into our bow casemates, none of which 
penetrated, but one exploding in the casemates, 
driving a piece of shell through, wdiich killed one 
man, and some splinters, which wounded three, all 
of whom will soon recover — our total loss. These 
shots came froin the hatter ies on shore ^ as we plainly 
saw the crew of the Arkansas jumping off when 
we ran into them ; nor did the Aj^vansas fire an- 
other gun, but, on the contrary, although having 
steam up, she swung helpless from her stern line. 
It was impossible, however, to board her, as there 
were batteries of field-pieces on shore, and hundreds 
of sharpshooters poured a leaden hail of bullets at 
the holes in the port covers. The shells from the 
rebel batteries were one continuous iron hail, ex- 
/ ploding constantly against the ports, tin-owing a 

lurid glare over the darkened decks inside. The 
wood-work on the outside of the casemates was 
splintered in many places, while the riddled smoke- 
stacks and torn awning showed the severity of the 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 47 

fire from the field pieces. The promised support 
from the lower squadron, Farragut's, being kept 
back, the vessels not being in sight, Capt. Porter 
reluctantly gave the order ±o retire, which was 
done in safety, although under an unparalleled fire 
of shot and shell, which, striking in the water near 
us, kept the boat under a continual shower. Al- 
though bearing the marks of over thirty shot and 
shell, only two succeeded in penetrating, one of 
them exploding through, though many buried 
themselves in the solid casemates. In her bow a 
lO-iiich shell left its mark, where it struck the iron, 
indenting it deeply, and then breaking to pieces ; 
while a little above it, an 8-inch rifled solid shot 
penetrated to the depth of ten inches, brei?king to 
pieces with the force of the blow. Through the 
failure of the programme on the part of the sup- 
porting fleets, the Essex failed to capture the ram ; 
yet she left her mark in a hole of nearly eight feet 
in diameter, in the casemates of the Arkansas, 
while the solid 9-inch round shot told their own 
tale of 'death as they swept the decks. When the 
feat of the Essex, in running into and fighting a 
boat of superior armament, under batteries of such 
enormous strength, with such trifling loss resulting, 
becomes generally knowp, Capt. Porter and his of- 
ficers will receive the due credit for building and 
fighting a boat whose capabilities for resisting shot 
from heavy ordnance has never been equaled, and 
in general fighting qualities exceeds any vessel ever 
constructed." July 22, 1862. 

Destroys the ram Arkansas, Aug. 6, 1862. 

Bombards E'atchez, and compels its surrender, Sep. 
10, 1862. 

Shells the Port Hudson batteries while Admiral Far- 



4:8 HAND-BOOKOF 

ragut passes them witli the Hartford and Albatross, 

March 14, 1863. 
The rebels attempt her destruction by torpedoes near 

Port Hudson, June 18, 1863. 
Tows the j^ew London, which was disabled, and the 

Monongahela down the river, July 10, 1863. 

Estrclla, Steamer, 3 guns. — tons. 

Assists in the destruction of the rebel steamers Queen 

of the West, Diana, and Hart in Berwick Bay, 

April 18, 1863. 
At the capture of Fort De Kussy, May 9,, 1863. 

Ethan Allen, Bark, 9 guns. 556 tons. L. 153, B. 30, D. 
14. P. C. $27,500. 
Sends a boat expedition to St. Joseph, Fla., which de- 
stroys the salt works there, this being the fourth 
expedition of the like character while on that sta- 
tion, Jan. 9, 1863. 

Etlah, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Built at St. Louis. 
Launched, 1864. 

Eugenie, Schooner, 2 guns. 150 tons. (Captured.) East 
Gulf Squadron as a tender, 1863. 
Captures the schooner Alabama, blockade runner, 
Sep. 12, 1863. 

Eureka, S., 1 gun. 50 tong. P. Potomac Flotilla, 1862. 

Eutaw, S. W., 9 guns. 974 tons. Built at Baltimore, Md., 
1863, by J. Abrahams, engines by Yulcan Iron 
Works. 
Offered to race any side-wheel merchant steamer of 
about the same tonnage, 1864. 

Exchange, S. W., 7 guns. 211 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 49 

F. 

Fah Kee, S., 3 guns. 699 tons. P. ^N'orth Atlantic 
Squadron. 

Fair Flay, Steamer, 4 guns. 800 tons. P. Mississippi 
Squadron. 
Aids the U. S. troops under Col. Harding against an 
attack madel)y 4,500 rebels at Dover, Tenn., Feb. 
4, 1863. 
Falmouth, Ship, 4 guns. YOO tons. Built at Charlestown 
JN'avy Yard, 1827. Store-ship at'Aspinwall, K G. 
Sold, Oct. 28, 1863. 
Farragut, Flag Officer D. G. 

Ordered to form and command the West Gulf Block- 
ading Squadron, Jan. 20, 1864. 
Passed the forts below 'New Orleans, April 24, 1862. 
Passed Port Hudson batteries, March 14, 1863. 
Passed Grand Gulf, March 19, 1863. 
Anchors below Yicksburg, March 21, 1863. 
Silences batteries at Grand Gulf, March 31, 1863. 
Destroys transports in Bed Biver, April 1, 1863. 
Destroys Bayou Sara, La., April 7, 1863. 
Arrives at 'New Orleans, May 9, 1863. 
Arrives at New York in the Hartford. His coming 
was announced and honored by the firing of salutes 
from the forts from Sandy Hook to Fort Columbus 
on Governor's Island, and by the foreign men-of- 
war in port, Aug. 10, 1863. 
Farragut's Fleet, at the passage of Forts Jackson and St. 
Philip, consisted of the following vessels : Hartford 
(flag ship), Brooklyn, Bichmond, Pensacola, Missis- 
sippi, Oneida, Iroquois, Yaruna, Cayuga, Kathadin, 
Kineo, "Wissahickon, Winona, Itasca, Pinola, Ken- 
nebec, Sciota. 



50 HAND-BOOK OF 

Farralones, Ship, 4 guns. 382 tons. P. at San Francisco 
for a store and coal sliip for the Pacific Squadron, 1862. 

Fawn, S. TV., 7 guns. 174 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Fearnot, Ship, 7 guns. 1,012 tons. L. 178, B. 35, D. 
23. P. G. $40,000. 
Store ship in the Gulf of Mexico, 1861-4. 

Fern, S. "W., 1 gun. 50 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Fernandina, Bark, 7 guns. 297 tons. L. 115, B. 29, D. 

12. P. G. $14,000. 
E'ame changed from Florida, July, 1861. 
Employed in the blockade in the South Atlantic 

Squadron, 1862-4. 

Fernandina, Fia., I^assau Go., Florida, is situated on the 
north part of Amelia Island, and possesses a good 
harbor. In March, 1862, a demonstration of naval 
and military force was made against this place. The 
fleet nnder the command of Flag Officer S. F. Du- 
pont, acting in conjunction with the army, were : 
Mohican (flag ship), Ottawa, Ellen, Seminole, Paw- 
nee, Pocahontas, Flag, Florida, James Adger, Bien- 
ville, Alabama, Keystone State, Seneca, Huron, Pem- 
bina, Isaac Smith, Penguin, Potomoka, revenue cut- 
ter Henrietta, [transports McGlellan, Empire Gity, 
Marion, Star of the South, Belvidere, Boston, George's 
Greek, having on board a brigade under the command 
of Brig.-Gen. Wright]. Fort Glinch, near the town, 
was abandoned upon the approach of the fleet, and 
Lieutenant White of the Ottawa lioisted the stars and 
stripes upon it. Fernandina and St. Mary's were 
evacuated, so that beyond some manoeuvring the 
Union fleet had but little work to do. The garrison 
of 1,200 men, and most of the inhabitants, fled panic- 
stricken, March 4, 1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 51 

Fire EaftS^ from Fort Jackson sent down by the enemy to 
destroy Farragut's Fleet and Porter's Mortar Flo- 
tilla. They were towed out of the way by boats from 
the Iroquois and the mortar flotilla, April IT, 1862. 
Several more sent down for the same purpose were 
disposed of in the same way, April 21, 1862. 

Flag, S., 9 guns. 963 tons. L. 198, B. 32, D. 16. P. 

C. $90,000. 
JSTame changed from Phineas Sprague, April, 1861. 
Engages the rebel flotilla in Savannah River, Feb. 14, 

1862. 
At the capture of Fernandina [see Fernandina, Fla.], 

March 4, 1862. 
Leaves Port Royal, S. C, for ;N"ew York, ]^ov. 7, 

1863. 
Arrived at Brooklyn 'Nslyj Yard with the prize 

steamer Herald in tow. The Flasr had been on the 

Charleston blockade over 18 months, and came 

:N'orth for repairs, Nov. 13, 1863. 
Sailed from Boston, Feb. 8, 1864. 

Flambeau, S., 5 guns. 900 tons. L. 180, B. 30, D. 18. 

P. C. §100,000. Built by Lawrence & Foulks 

of Brooklyn. She left 'New York in the fall of 

1861. 
Returned to the same place after a cruise in the West 

Indies, July 17, 1862. 
Has been employed in the South Atlantic Squadron, 

1863-4. 
Arrived at New York, Feb. 6, 1864. 

Florida, S. W., 9 guns. 1,261 tons. L. 214, B. 35, D. 

32. P. 0. $87,500. 
At the capture of Fernandina, Fla. [see Fernandina, 

Fla.], March 4, 1862. 
Captures the steamer Cal3^pso, June 11, 1863. 



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Florida, Confederate privateer. [See Privateer Kecord.] 

Folly Island, S. C. A boat expedition occupies Folly 
Island, and covers the landing of a brigade of U. S. 
troops. The following vessels furnished the boats and 
crews : N'ew Ironsides, 2 ; Powhatan, 4 ; Canandai- 
gua, 2 ; Housatonic, 2 ; Conemaugh, 2 ; Flag, 1. 
These boats were towed by the tug Dandelion, July 
10, 1863. 

Foote, Flag Officer, A. H., ordered to command the 
Western Flotilla, 1861. 
Admiral Foote, having relinquished a bureau at 
Washington, was ordered to relieve Admiral Du- 
pont at Charleston. He came to New York and 
over-exerted himself, and after a painful and some- 
what lingering illness, he died at the Astor House 
at 10 p. M., on the 26th of June. (His remains 
were interred at 'New Jlaven with imposing honors.) 
June 30, 1863. 

Forrest Rose, S. W., 6 guns. 203 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. 
Yazoo City [see Yazoo Kiver Expedition], May 21, 

1863. 
Assisted by the Petrel, captures the rebel steamer 
Elmira in the Tensas Piver, July, 1863. 
Fort Beauregard, Port Koyal Harbor, S. C, captured by 
Fhig Officer Dupont's fleet, Nov. 7, 1861. 

Fort Clark, N. C. [See Hatteras Inlet.] 

Fort Clineb, Fla., taken possession of by the U. S. naval 

forces [see Fernandina, Fla.], March 4, 1862. 

Fort Darling, or Drury's Bluff, James River, 7 miles be- 
low Richmond, Ya., attacked by the Union flotilla, 
consisting of the iron-clad Galena, Commander John 
Rodgers, Monitor Wachusett, Maratanza, Aroostook, 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 53 

Port Royal, ^augatiick (revenue vessel), and tug 
Dragon. After an engagement of about four hours, 
the flotilla was obliged to withdraw. The Galena 
suffered severely in men and in damage to the vessel. 
The ^augatuck burst her rifle, and the casualties of 
the day were quite numerous, May 15, 1862. 

Fort De Russy captured by the gunboats Benton, Lafay- 
ette, Pittsburg, General Stirling Price, ram Switzer- 
land, tug Ivy, gunboats Estrella and Arizona. The 
rebel garrison fled, taking with them all the arma- 
ment save one gun. May 9, 1863. 

Fort Donelson, S. W., 5 guns. 900 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron, 1^64. 

Fort Donelson, first gunboat reconnoissance made to the 
fort, Nov. 7, 1861. 

Attacked by the gunboats St. Louis (flag ship), Caron- 
delet, Louisville, Pittsburg, Tyler, and Conestoga. 
The flght lasted about an hour and a half, when 
the Union gunboats were obliged to withdraw. 
Flag Officer A. H. Foote was wounded in the ac- 
tion, Feb. 14, 1862. 

Surrendered, Feb. 16, 1862. 

Fort Hattcras, ^N". C. [See Hatteras Inlet.] 
Fort Henry, S. W., 6 guns. 519 tons. L. 150, B. 32, D. 
11. P. Formerly a ferry boat. 
Sends a boat expedition to Bay Port, Florida, April 
4, 1863. 
Fort Henry, Tenn., attacked by U. S. gunboats Essex 
(flag ship), Carondelet, Cincinnati, Tyler, Conestoga, 
Lexington, and St. Louis. The work surrendered 
after a severe and closely contested action of one hour 
and fifteen minutes. Union loss, 39 killed, 23 wounded. 
• Eebel loss, 5 killed, 10 wounded, and 70 prisoners, 
Feb. 6, 1862. 



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Fort Hindman, S. W., 7 gnns. 286 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. 

Fort Uindman, Ark. [See Arkansas Post.] 

Fort Jackson, S. W., 12 guns. 1,770 tons. Built at 

Brooklyn by Jere. Simonson. I^ame changed from 

Union. 
Put in commission, Aug. 18, 1863. 
Sailed from Brooklyn E'avy Yard, Sept. 1, 1863. 
Encountered a hurricane at sea, Sept. 11, 1863. 
Through the carelessness of her engineer, she came 

near being blown up by an explosion of her boilers. 

She was obliged to return to JN'ew York for repairs, 

Sept. 26, 1863. 
Sailed for the Wilmington blockade, Dec. 9, 1863. 

Fort Jackson, situated on the right bank of the Missis- 
sippi River, opposite Fort St. Philip, 77 miles be- 
low E'ew Orleans. 

Bombardment commenced by Porter's mortar flotilla 
and Flag Officer Farragut's fleet, citadel in the 
fort set on fire, April 16^ 1862. 

One of its 10-inch columbiads, which had annoyed 
the fleet considerably, was dismounted, April 18, 
1862. 

Passed by Farragut's fleet, April 24, 1862. 

Surrendered [see New Orleans], April 28, 1862. 

Fort l>Iacon, E". C, attacked and captured after one day's 
bombardment by the Union flotilla under Comman- 
der Samuel Lockwood, and the U. S. troops under 
Major General Burnside. The naval vessels engaged 
in the operations w^ere the Daylight (flag ship). State 
of Georgia, Chippewa, bark Gemsbok, and gunboat 
Ellis. The flotilla weighed anchor at 6 a. m., on the 
25th of April, 1862, and proceeded to the fort. "When 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 55 

within range they opened fire, which was promptly 
responded to. After firing a short time the vessels 
were obliged to withdraw, owing to the strong breeze 
and heavy sea, which rendered the firing inaccurate 
and hazardous. During the afternoon a white flag was 
• hoisted on the fort, and at 10 o'clock on the morninof 
of the 26th of April, the stars and stripes were hoisted 
on the ramparts, the terms of capitulation having 
been jointly signed by Commander Lockwood of the 
navy and Major General Burnside of the army, April 

26, 1862. 

« 

Fort McAllister, Ga., or Gennisis Point Battery, situated 
on the Ogeechee River, three miles above Florida 
Pass. 

Attacked by the iron-clad Montauk, gunboats feeneca, 
• Wissachickon, Dawn, and C. P. Williams, mortar 
schooner, Jan. 27, 1863. 

Attacked by the same vessels, Feb. 1, 1863. 

The privateer I^ashville destroyed under its guns by 
the Montauk, Feb. 28, 1863. 

Attacked by the iron-clads Passaic, Nahant, and Pa- 
tapsco, the bombardment continuing eight consecu- 
tive hours without any results, March 3, 1863. 

Bombardment abandoned, and the iron-clads return 
to Port Royal, S. C, March 5, 1863. 

Fort Oregon, N". C, attacked and destroyed by a naval 
expedition under Lieutenants Maxwell and Eastman, 
Sept. 16, 1861. 

Fort Pillow. Flag Officer A. H. Foote commences opera- 
tions against it, April IT, 1862. 
The rebel flotilla, consisting of eight iron-clad steam- 
ers, four of them fitted as rams, attacked the Union 
flotilla-, consisting of the Benton, Cincinnati, Mound 
City, and Louisville, and under command of Flag 



5Q H A N D - B O O K O F . 

Officer C. H. Davis. After a sharp engagement, 
five of the enemy's vessels were disabled. This 
action occurred near Fort Pillow, May 10, 1862. 

Fort Pulaski) Georgia. The bombardment and capture 
of Fort Pulaski was a military operation under Cap- 
tain Q. A. Gillmore, U. S. Engineer Corps. Com- 
mander C. E. P. Kodgers, TJ. S. IST., had charge of 
" Battery Sigel," manned by a detachment of sailors 
from the Wabash. The guns in this battery were 
three 30-pounder rifles (Parrott's), and one Sl-ponnder 
James rifle. The fort surrendered, April 12, 1862. 

Fort St. Philip^ opposite Fort Jackson, on the Mississippi 
Piver. 

Bombardment commenced by Pdl'ter's mortar flo- 
tilla and Admiral Farragut's fleet, April 16, 1862. 

Passed by Admiral Farragut's fleet [see New Or- 
leans], April 24, 1862. 

Surrendered, April 28, 1862. 

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C, evacuated by the 
Union troops under Major P. Anderson, after a 
bombardment which began on the 12th of April, 
1861, April 15, 1861. 
Attacked by Admiral S. F. Dupont with the 'New 
Ironsides, seven monitors, and the iron-clad battery 
3{^eokuk. The intention was to pass the fort and 
operate upon the north-west face. The heavy fire 
from it. Fort Moultrie, Fort Beauregard, Cum- 
ming's Point, Mount Pleasant, and the Kedan, and 
the nature of the obstructions, compelled the attack 
from the outside, or sea face. It was fierce and ob- 
stinate. The action did not commence till late in 
the afternoon, and towards evening, finding no im- 
pression made upon the fort, the signal was made 
to withdraw from action. The intention was to 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 57 

renew the attack the following mornings but upon 
a consultation with the commanders of the iron- 
clads, it was decided not to hazard another attack 
at that time. The fleet advanced in the following 
order : 

1. "Weehawken. 

2. Passaic. 

3. Montauk. 

4. Patapsco. 

5. New Ironsides (flag ship). 

6. Catskill. 

7. Nantucket. 

8. ISTahant. 

9. Keokuk. 

During the engagement, the New Ironsides failing 
to manoeuvre in line, the signal was made to disre- 
gard the movements of the flag ship, and each com- 
mander acted upon his own and best judgment, 
consequently the " order of battle" was broken, and 
each vessel chose her own position. The Keokuk 
advanced quite close to the fort, and there received 
such injuries as to sink the next morning, April 7, 
1863. 

{Second attaclc.'] At 5.30 a. m.. Admiral Dahlgren, 
Fleet Captain George W. Podgers, Flag Lieutenant 
Moreau Forrest, and Ensign La Pue P. Adams, 
left the flag ship Augusta Dinsmore, and at 5.40 
hoisted the Admiral's flag upon the Weehawken. 
Fleet Captain George W. Podgers then left to com- 
mand the Catskill. 

6.15, Weehawken under way, steaming up the chan- 
nel to the buoy abreast Fort Wagner. 

6.35, all the monitors under way, steaming up the 
channel. 

6.40, Weehawken anchored 70^ yards from Fort 
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6.45, she commenced firing. 



6.52, l^ew Ironsides opens fire. 

6.54, Montauk commences her fire. 

7.00, Wagner firing grape and canister at the iron- 
clads. 

7.05, Wagner put a large shot through the smoke 
stack of the ISTew Ironsides. 

7.16, ITahant opens fire. 

7.29, Fort Moultrie opened on the 'New Ironsides. 

7.42, Catskill arrived and opened fire. 

8.00, Mahaska opened her fire. 

8.05, all the wooden gunboats engaged. 

8.08, Passaic opened fire. 

8.20, Patapsco commences to fire. 

8.25, Weehawken stood in nearer to Fort Wagner. 

8.35, Catskill shifted her berth. 

8.50, Catskill made a signal " Captain is disabled." 
At this time Fleet Captain George W. Rodgers and 
Assistant Paymaster Woodbury of that vessel were 
killed by a shot which struck her pilot-house. 

9.20, Fort Wagner ceased firing. 

10.00, Admiral Dahlgren shifted his flag to the Pas- 
saic, and with the Patapsco went up to within 
1,800 yards of Fort Sumter. 

10.30, a shot from the rifle of the Passaic struck the 
parapet on Fort Sumter. 

10.32, I3attery Grregg opened upon the Passaic. 

10.42, Fort Moultrie opened upon the Passaic and 
Patapsco. 

10.44, Patapso opened upon Fort Surtiter. 

11.05, Catskill resumed her position, firing slowly 
upon Wagner and Gregg. 

11.15, Fort Sumpter opened. 

12.00, Montauk made a signal that her gun was dis- 
abled. $ 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 59 

12.10, the Passaic dropped down for dinner, and or- 
dered tlie fleet to do the same. 

12.40, Admiral Dahlgren returned to the Augusta 
Dinsmore. 

The following vessels were engaged in the attack : 
iron-clads, Weehauken, Catskill, Nahant, Montauk, 
Passaic, Patapso, and J^ew Ironsides ; wooden ves- 
sels, Canandaigua, Mahaska, Cimerone, Ottawa, 
Wissahickon, Dia Ching, and Ladona, Aug. 17, 
1863. 

INigU attach.'] At 11.05 p. m. (Aug. 22), Admiral 
Dahlgren, accompanied by his staff, left the flag 
ship Philadelphia, and at 11.30 p. m. hoisted his 
flag on board the Weehawken.. 

11.40, ordered the monitors under way. • 

12.30 A. M. (Aug. 23), Weehawken arrived at the 
lower buoy. 

1.15, she anchored. 

2.55, the fleet anchored about 900 yards from Fort 
Sumter. 

3.03, Weehawken opened fire. 

3.15, Montauk joined in firing. 

3.30, Passaic opened fire, and at the same moment a 
rocket was fired from Fort Sumter and she returned 
the fire. 

3.45, Battery Gregg commenced operations. 

4.10, heavy fog came on, which shut out from sight 
Fort Moultrie. The firing from the iron-clads was 
kept up, the guns being ranged by a star overhead. 

4.20, the fog lifted, and Fort Moultrie again opened. 

5.00, another fog bank came on, and the fleet sus- 
pended operations. 

5.20, firing resumed and continued until 

6.10, when there being no signs of the fog lifting, the 
Weehawken withdrew, 



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6.30, signal was made to " withdraw from action." 

7.00 A. M., Admiral Dahlgren returned to the flag 
ship Philadelphia. 

The following vessels were engaged : iron-clads, Wee- 
hawken (flag ship), Passaic, Nahant, Montauk, Pa- 
tapsco, Aug. 23, 1863. 

{Naval assault.'] A boat expedition to land sailors 
and marines, and carry Fort Sumter by storm, was 
planned and under the command of the following 
officers : Commander Thos. H. Stevens, Lieut. 
Commanders E. P. Williams, F. M. Bunce, Flag 
Lieut. Moreau Forrest, Lieutenants G. C. Pemy, 
S. W. Preston, F. J. Higginson, and E. T. Brower, 
Ensigns C. H. Craven, Jas. Wallace, and B. H. 
Porter, and the following officers of the TJ. S. 
Marine Corps : Captain C. G. McAuley, 1st Lieu- 
tenants C. H. Bradford, J. C. Harris, 2d Lieuten- 
ants P. L. Meade, L. P. Wallace, and L. E.- Fagan. 
At 10 p. M. the boats started from the rendezvous 
in tow of the naval tug Dafibdil up the main chan- 
nel. The boats scarcely reached the fort when the 
garrison opened fire upon them, repulsing them 
with great loss : out of 400 men, by rebel accounts, 
130 were killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. 
The Union accounts say 114 men and 10 officers 
were taken prisioners, and 3 killed. The following 
vessels furnished the boats and their crews : Can- 
andaigua, Powhatan, Housatonic, Wissahickon, 
Ladona, E'ew Ironsides, and Pacer, Sept. 8, 1863. 

Fortune, S., 2 guns. 350 tons. Building at Boston, 1864. 

Fort Warner, on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, S. C, 
attacked by the combined forces of Gen. Gillmore 
and Admiral Dahlgren. The army failed to carry 
it by storm, as planned and attempted, The fol- 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 61 

lowing naval vessels participated in the alFair : iron- 
clads, Montauk (flag ship), J^ew Ironsides, Cats- 
kill, Nantucket, Weehawken, and Patapsco ; gnn- 
boats at long range, Paul Jones, Ottawa, Seneca, 
Chippewa, and "VYissahickon. The attack ceased 
at 9 o'clock, p. M., July 18, 1863. 

Keported silenced by Admiral Dahlgren, July 21, 
1863. 

Attacked at intervals from July 25 to Aug., 1863. 

Attacked by the fleet and Gen. Gillmore's troops 
[see Fort Sumter, second attack], Aug. 17, 1863. 

Evacuated by the rebel garrison on the night of Sept. 
6, 1863. 

Fort Walker, Port Koyal Harbor, S. C, captured by Flag 
Officer Dupont's fleet, 'Nov. 7, 1861. 

Fox, Schooner, 2 guns. Tender to East Gulf Squadron. 

Franklin, S., 50 guns. 3,68^ tons. At Portsmouth, N. 
H., unfinished, 1864. 

Fredonia, Ship, 6 guns. 800 tons. Purchased 1846. 
Store ship at Callao, S. A. 

Freeborn, S. W. Gunboat. [See Thomas Freeborn.] 

Fuchsia, S., 3 guns. 180 tons. P. Built for the Chi- 
nese navy under Mandarin Ward. At his death she 
was purchased by the TJ. S. Navy Department from 
the builders, Messrs. Jewett & Co., Brooklyn, JST. Y., 
1863. 

G. 

Galatea, S., 11 guns. 1,214: tons. P. Built by the Nep- 
tune S. S. Co., 1863. 
Put in commission, Jan. 30, 1864. 
Sailed from New York, March 20, 1864. 



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Galena, S., 14 guns. Y38 tons. Hull built at Mystic, Ct., 
by Maxon & Fisb. Armor plated at tbe Conti- 
nental Iron Works at Greenpoint, L. I., by T. F. 
Rowland. She was one of tbe first iron-clads built 
in this country. Launched, Feb. 14, 1862. 

Sailed from New York, April 22, 1862. 

At the bombardment of Sewall's Point battery, Ya., 
May 8, 1862. 

Sent up the James River, May 9, 1862. 

Attacked Fort Darling [see Fort Darling], May 15, 
1862. 

Arrived at Philadelphia, May 21, 1863. 

Stripped of her iron armor during the winter of 
1863-4. 

Sailed from Philadelphia, March, 1864. 

Arrived at Baltimore for repairs, having been dam- 
aged by ice, March 7, 1864. 
Galyeston, Texas, captured by the Owascp, Harriet Lane, 
Clifton, and Westfield, Oct. 9, 1862. 

Recaptured, Jan. 1st, 1863. The naval force in pos- 
session consisted of the "Westfield, Clifton, Harriet 
Lane, Owasco, Sachem, and Corypheus. The two 
latter had joined the flotilla only two days previous 
to the rebel attack, having come up from below, the 
Sachem in a broken-down condition, and the Corj^- 
pheus as her escort. The United States troops on 
shore consisted of two hundred and sixty rank and 
file, commanded by Col. Burr ell, of the 42d Mas- 
sachusetts Yolunteers, occupying, by advice of the 
commanding naval officer, a wharf in the town. 
At 1.30 A. M., on the 1st of January, it being bright 
moonlight, two or three rebel steamers were dis- 
covered in the bay above by the Clifton. The 
Westfield, from the other channel, likewise made 
the same discovery. The naval forces, therefore. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 63 

were not taken by surprise. Yery soon our troops 
on shore learned, tlirough their pickets, that the ar- 
tillery of the enemy was in possession of the market 
place, about one quarter of a mile distant. The 
attack commenced on shore about 3 a. m. by the 
enemy upon our troops, which were defended by 
the Sachem and Corypheus with great energy, our 
troops replying only with musketry, having no ar- 
tillery. About dawn the Harriet Lane was attacked, 
or rather attacked two rebel steamers, one of which, 
the Bayou City, was armed with a 68-pounder rifle 
gun, and had two hundred troops on board:" She 
was barricaded with cotton bales some twenty feet 
from the water line. The other, the J^eptune, was 
similarly barricaded, and was armed with two small 
brass pieces and one hundred and sixty men. The 
Harriet Lane was under way in time, and went np 
to -them, firing her bow gun, which was answered 
,by the rebels, but their 68-pounder burst at the 
third fire. The Harriet Lane ran into the Bayou 
City, carrying away her wheel guard. She passed 
the rebel, and gave her a broadside which did her 
little or no damage. The other rebel steamer then 
ran into the Harriet Lane, but was so disabled by 
the collision that she was soon afterwards obliged 
to back in the flats, where she sank in about eight 
feet of water. The Bayou City turned and ran 
into the Harriet Lane, and she remained secured 
to her by catching under lier guard, pouring in in- 
cessant volleys of musketry, as did also the other 
steamer, which was returned by the Harriet Lane 
with musketry. This drove the Harriet Lane's men 
from her guns and probably wounded Commander 
Wainwright and Lieut. Commander Lee, the latter 
mortally. She was then carried by boarding by 



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the Bayou City, her commander summoned to 
surrender, which he refused, gallantly defending 
himself with his revolver until he was killed. But 
^VG of the Harriet Lane's men were killed and live 
wounded ; one hundred and ten, exclusive of offi- 
cers and wounded men, were landed on shore pris- 
oners. Her commander and first lieutenant were 
buried next day on shore in the cemetery with the 
honors of war, and her other officers paroled. 
The Owasco, which had been anchored below the town 
coaling the night before, got under way, and moved 
up at the commencement of the attack and engaged 
the enemy's artillery on shore. "When it was light 
enough for her to observe that there were two rebel 
steamers alongside the Harriet Lane, she moved up 
to her assistance, grounding several times in so 
doing ; she could only occasionally bring her 11- 
incli gun to bear ; she was soon driven back by the 
incessant fire of the enemy's musketry, and^when 
the howitzers of the Harriet Lane opened upon her 
she concluded that she had been captured, and 
backed down below the Sachem and Corypheus, 
continuing her engagement with the enemy on 
shore. She had all her rifle gun's crew wounded 
when above, and lost in all one man killed and fif- 
teen wounded. The Clifton, before the action com- 
menced, went around into Bolivar Channel to ren- 
der assistance to the Westfield, who had got under 
way when the rebel steamers were first discovered, 
and soon afterwards got hard and fast ashore at 
high water, and then made a signal for assistance. 
"While the Clifton was in the act of rendering this 
assistance, the flashes of the enemy's guns were 
first seen in the river. Commander Eenshaw then 
directed Lieut. Commander Law to leave him and 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 65 

to return to the town. The moon liad gone down 
and it became quite dark, yet the Clifton with some 
difficulty got around into the other channel, open- 
ing the batteries upon Fort Point, which the rebels 
now had possession of, shelling them out and driv- 
ing them up the beach, as she neared the town. 
Here she anchored and continued the engagement ; 
but did not proceed up to the rescue of the Harriet 
Lane, owing to the failure of the Owasco, the in- 
tricacy of the channel, and the apprehensions of 
killing the crew of the Harriet Lane, who were 
then exposed by the rebels on her upper deck. It 
was now about 7.30 a. m. A white flag was hoisted 
on the Harriet Lane. A boat bearing a flag of 
truce, with a rebel officer and an acting master of 
the Harriet Lane, came down to the Clifton, in- 
forming her commander of the capture of the Har- 
riet Lane, the death of her commander and first 
lieutenant, and the killing and wounding of two 
thirds of her crew, all of which was corroborated 
by the acting master. Maj. Smith, their comman- 
der, now proposed that our vessels should all sur- 
render, and that one should be allowed, with the 
crews of all, to leave the harbor ; otherwise they 
would proceed down with the Harriet Lane and all 
their steamers, and capture the guns in line. Lieut. 
Commander Law replied that he was not the com- 
manding officer, and he could not imagine that 
such terms would be accepted, but that he would 
take the acting master of the Harriet Lane and 
proceed over to the Westfield and tender his propo- 
sal to Commander Renshaw. This he did, and 
went in his own boat. Flags of truce were at this 
time flyiug on our vessels and by the parties on 
shore. During the absence of Lieut. Commander 



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Law, and under these flags of truce, the rebels 
coolly made prisoners of our troops on shore, got 
more of their artillery into position, and towed the 
Harriet Lane alongside the wharf, though it had~ 
been understood that every thing should remain in 
statu quo until an answer should have been received. 
Commander Renshaw refused to accede to the pro- 
position, directed Lieut. Commander Law to return 
and get all the vessels out of port as soon as possi- 
ble, and as he found he could not get theWestfield 
• afloat he should blow her up, and go on board the 
army transports Saxon and M. A. Boardman, which 
were lying near him, with the oflicers and crew. 
Upon Lieut. Commander Law's return to his vessel 
he proceeded to carry out these directions. The 
flags of truce were hauled down, the enemy firing 
upon the vessels as they then left the harbor. When 
the Clifton was half way toward the bar her com- 
mander w^as informed by a boat from the Westfield 
that in the explosion of that vessel, which they ob- 
served some half hour before. Commander Renshaw, 
Lieutenant Zimmerman, Engineer Green, and some 
ten others had perished, the explosion being pre- 
mature. Lieut. Commander Law now being com- 
manding oflicer, proceeded to cross his vessels over 
the bar, and finally concluded to abandon the block- 
ade altogether, considering the Owasco was his 
only efiicient vessel, and regarding her as not equal 
to resisting an attack from the Harriet Lane should 
she come out for that purpose. By 8 p. m. they had 
all left the blockade, although the commander of 
the Clifton had been notified by an officer on board 
the M. A. Boardman that another transport would 
be down within forty-eight hours, and requested 
that he should warn her off. The vessels which 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 67 

were left in possession of the enemy were the Har- 
riet Lane and two coal barks, the Cavallo and Elias 
Pike. The only injury sustained by the Harriet 
Lane appears to have been from an 11-inch shell 
under her counter, fired by the Owasco, and the 
damage to her guard from her collision, Jan. 1st, 
1863. 
Bombarded by the U. S. S. Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1863. 

Gazelle, S. W., 6 guns. 117 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Gem of the Sea, Bark, 5 guns. 371 tons. L. 116, B. 26, 
D. 13. P. C. $15,000. 
Chased on shore and burned the British schooner 
Prince of Wales near Georgetown, 'N. C, Dec. 24, 
1861. 

Gemshok, Bark, 7 guns. 622 tons. L. 141, B. 31, D. 17. 
P. C. $29,000. 
Participates. in the naval attack upon Fort Macon, 

K C. [see Fort Macon], April 26, 1862. 
[See Prizes Captured.] 

General Bragg, S. W., 2 guns. 950 tons. Captured from 

the rebels. 
At Helena, July 4, 1863. 

General Lyon, S. W., 2 guns. 468 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. ** 

General Pillow, S. "W., 2 guns. 38 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. 

General Price, S. W., 3 guns. 633 tons. (Captured from 

the rebels.) 1863. 
Puns the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 

Fleet], April 16, 1863. 
At the capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, 1863. 
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Attacks the water batteries at Yicksbnrg, May 27, 

1863. 
Makes another attack upon the Yicksburg batteries, 

June 20, 1863. 
General Putnam, S. W., 4 guns. 133 tons. [See W. G. 

Putnam.] 
Genesee, S. W., 8 guns. 803 tons. Built at the Boston 

Navy Yard, engines by the J^eptune Iron Works, 

K Y. 
Attempts the passage of the Port Hudson batteries 

[see Port Hudson], March 14, 1863. 
George Mangliam, Schooner, 5 guns. 274 tons. L. 110, 

B. 28, D. 10. P. C. $9,500. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla [see ISTew Orleans], 

April, 1862. 
Bombards the batteries at Yicksburg, June 28, 1862. 
Cruising among the fishing fleet during the season of 

1863. 
Arrived at ISTew York after a four months' cruise in 

the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 'Nov. 18, 1863. 

Geranium, S. W., 3 guns. 222 tons. P. South Atlantic 
Squadron. 

Gertrude, S., 8 guns. 350 tons. B. E. P. West Gulf 
Squadron. 

Put in commission at the Brooklyn IsTavy Yard, July 
22, 1863. 

Sailed from ISTew York, Aug. 2, 1863. 

Captured the Warrior, B. K., Aug. 16, 1863. 

Shells a large steamer under the guns of Fort Mor- 
gan, Jan. 9, 1864. 

Gettysburg, S. W., 5 guns. 726 tons. B. K. ISTame 
changed from Margaret and Jessie. P. 
Fitted for naval service by Secor & Co., Jersey City, 
1863-4. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 69 

Made her trial trip and went to E'avy Yard, Brook- 
lyn, April 26, 1864. 
Put in commission, May, 186-1:. 
Glasgow, S. W., 6 guns. 252 tons. B. K. P. "West 

Gulf Squadron. 
Glaucus, S., 11 guns. 1,244 tons. L. 200, B. 35, D. 12. 
P. Built by the ISTeptune S. S. Co., 1863. 
Put in commission, Feb., 1864. 

Sailed with M. Murillo, President of the U. S. of Co- 
lombia, on board, March 5, 1864. 
G. L. Brockenboro, Schooner, 1 gun. B. R. Wrecked 
on the coast of Florida, May 27, 1863. 

Glide, S. W,, 6 guns. 232 tons. 

Destroyed by fire at Cairo, 111., Feb. 7, 1863. 

Gosport Navy Yard, Ya. The stores, timber, munitions of 
war, etc., were burned by order of Commodore Pen- 
degrast, U. S. 'N., to prevent them falling into the 
hands of the rebels. The XJ. S. vessels in harbor 
w^ere scuttled and fired, as they could not be taken 
out. The value of property destroyed is estimated 
at $50,000,000. The following vessels w^ere lost: 
Pennsylvania, Merrimac, United States, German- 
town, Plymouth, Columbus, Delaware, Columbia, 
Raritan, IDolphin, April 20, 1861. 

Governor Buckingham, S., 6 guns. 886 tons. P. E^orth 
Atlantic Squadron. 
Put in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Nov. 
13, 1863. 

Grampus, S. W., guns. 300 tons. Receiving ship at 
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1863-4. 

Grand Gulf, Miss., batteries fire upon the Hartford. She 
lost 2 killed and 6 wounded, March 19, 1863. 
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Louisville, Tuscumbia, Mound City, Carondelet, 

Pittsburg, General Price. They were in action 

over seven hours, under a very severe fire, April 

29, 1863. 
Grand Gulf, S. 11 guns. 1,200 tons. P. Built by C. & 

R. Poillori, New York, 1863, engines by Eeliance 

Machine Co., Mystic, Ct. 
Sailed from New York, Oct. 11, 1863. 
Arrived at New York for a new screw, Nov. 29, 

1863. 
Sent in search of the Chesapeake, Dec. 11, 1863. 
Returned to New York, Dec. 26, 1863. 
Repaired and sailed for the blockade, Feb. 23, 1864. 

Granite, Sloop, 1 gun. Y5 tons. 

At the attack upon Roanoke Island [see Roanoke 

Island], Feb. 7, 1862. 
At the relief of Washington, N. C, when besieged, 

April 2, 1863. 

Granite City, S. "W., 7 guns. 315 tons. B. R. P. 
Sailed from New York, July 27, 1863. 
Attacks Sabine Pass, Texas [see Sabine Pass], Sept. 
8, 1863. 

Great Western, S. W., 3 guns. 800 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. 

Guerricre, S., 20 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not com- 
menced, machinery contracted for, 1863. 

G.JW. Blunt, Schooner, 2 guns. 121 tons. Formerly a 
N. Y. and Sandy Hook pilot boat. L. 76, B.'20, 
D. 8. P. C. $10,000, 1861. 
Has performed excellent service as a packet and dis- 
patch boat off Charleston Bar. 

Gwin, Commander "W., killed on board the Flag Ship 
Benton at the Yazoo batteries [see Yazoo batteries], 
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H. 

Haines' Bluff. The following vessels co-operate with the 
Union troops under General Sherman, U. S. A., in 
a furious attack upon this work : Tyler, Choctaw, 
Baron De Kalb, Signal, Eomeo, Linden, Petrel, 
Black Hawk, and three mortar vessels in tow of 
tugs, April 30, May 1, 1863. 
Batteries completely destroyed, May 10, 1863. 

Hamilton, E". C. An expedition consisting of the gun- 
boats Commodore Perry, Shawsheen, and Ceres, pro- 
ceeded to Hamilton, IST. C, capturing the steamer 
Wilson and driving off the enemy, who left their 
earthworks and fled to the woods, July 9, 1862. 

Harriet Lame, S. W., 8 guns. 500 tons. Built by W. H. 
Webb, Esq., at E'ew York, for the Treasury De- 
partment, and was employed as a revenue cutter. 
She had at one time the Prince of Wales on board 

. as a passenger. 

Arrived off Charleston Bar, being the junior ship of a 
special squadron sent by the government to aid in 
throwing in some 200 troops with supplies to the 
beleaguered Fort Sumter. The other vessels were 
the Pawnee, Pocahontas, and the chartered trans- 
port Baltic, April 11, 4861. 

Fired the Jlrst shotted gun from on board of a United 
States vessel at the commencement of the rebellion. 
This was done to cause the passenger steamer ISTash- 
ville to show her colors off Charleston bar. The 
shot struck near the bow of the vessel, and had the 
desired effect, April 12, 1861. 

Arrived at ISTew York from Sumter, April 18, 1861. 

Captures a rebel vessel at the mouth of the Chesa- 



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peake. The officers and crew escaped, May 8, 
1861. 

Engages Pig Point battery, Ya. 5 of her crew were 
wounded, none killed, June 5, 1861. 

At Hatteras Inlet [see Hatteras Inlet], Aug. 29, 1861. 

Grounded in the Inlet, Aug. 29, 30, 1861. 

Flag ship of Porter's mortar flotilla at the capture 
of Forts Jackson and St. Philip [seel^ew Orleans], 
March to May, 1862. 

Attacks the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 

Assists in the capture of Galveston, Texas, Oct. 9, 
1862. 

Captured in Galveston Bay, after a desperate resist- 
ance, with boarding parties from four rebel cotton- 
clads. Commander Wainwright and Lieut. Com- 
mander Lee were killed [see Galveston, Texas], 
Jan. 1, 1863. 
Hartford, S., 28 guns. 1,990 tons. Built at Charleston 
Navy Yard, 1858. 

Put in commission at Philadelphia, Pa., as flag ship 
of the "Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, Jan. 19, 
1862. 

Sailed for Fortress Monroe, Jan. 28, 1862. 

Arrived at Fortress Monroe, Jan. 29, 1862. 

Left Fortress Monroe for Port Poyal, S. C, Feb. 2, 
1862. 

Arrived at Port Eoyal, S. C, Feb. 4, 1862. 

Left Port Royal for Key West, Fla., Feb. 6, 1862. 

Arrived at Key West, Feb. 11, 1862. 

Sailed from Key West for Havana, Feb. 15, 1862. 

Arrived at Havana, and exchanged salutes with the 
English, French, and Spanish men-of-war then ly- 
ing in the harbor, Feb. 15, 1862. 

Left Havana for Ship Island, to relieve the flag ship 
Niagara, 'then stationed there, Feb. IT, 1862. 



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Arrived at Ship Island, Feb. 20, 1862. 

She burst one of her boilers, making a loud report, 
which for a short time caused great confusion on 
board, but did very* little damage, Feb. 25, 1862. 

She receives an addition to her armament of two 9-inch 
guns, March 1, 1862. 

Boat expedition left her for Biloxi, and returned in 
the evening, after capturing two guns and obtaining 
much valuable information, March 1, 1862. 

Left Ship Island for the mouth of the Mississippi River, 
where she arrived the same evening, March 7, 1862. 

With the view of participating in the capture of J^ew 
Orleans, made several unsuccessful attempts to 
cross the bar at Pass a I'Outre, March 8, 9, 1862. 

Sailed round to South West Pass to ascertain the 
dej)th of water there, March 11, 1862. 

Crossed the bar at South West Pass and proceeded to 
Pilot Town, just above the mouth of the Pass, 
March 13, 1862. 

She was stripped for action, and sent a guard of 
marines ashore to protect the property ; guns all 
shotted, and preparations made for any demonstra- 
tion of the enemy, March 14, 1862. 

Went up to the head of the Passes, March 15, 1862. 

A portion of a submarine telegraph cable discovered 
across the river under the ship. The cable was de- 
stroyed, and a portion brought on board, March 31, 
1862. 

She is signaled by the mortar fleet arriving from Pi- 
lot Town, April 8, 1862. 

Steams up the Mississippi River, and anchors at the 
head of the fleet, April 16, 1862. 

She witnesses the effect of the fire of the fleet and 
mortar vessels on Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, 
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A deserter from Fort Jackson comes on board and 
gives much valuable information to Flag Officer 
Farragut, April 20, 1862. 

All hands aroused at 3 a. m. to ward off a fire raft 
which had been sent adrift by the rebels for the 
destruction of the fleet, April 21, 1862. 

Serious accident on boards caused by the drifting 
upon her cable of a submerged vessel with such 
force as to break the pawls from the capstan and 
injuring five of the crew, April 22, 1862. 

Passed Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip [see l^ew 
Orleans], April 24, 1862. 

Passed and silenced Chalmette batteries, five miles 
below 'New Orleans, and anchored off' the city, 
April 25, 1862. 

She is surveyed and reported unseaworthy, owing 
to a shot under her starboard counter, April 30, 
1862. 

Serious accident on board, caused by the ship swing- 
ing off with the current while heaving up anchor, 
and bringing up with the cable with such violence 
as to break the pawls of the capstan, and wound- 
ing some twenty men, May 3, 1862. 

Weighed anchor and went some twenty miles above 
New Orleans, May 7, 1862. 

Left for Baton Kouge, La., May 8, 1862. 

Arrived at Baton Kouge, La., May 9, 1862. 
• Left Baton Bongo for Yicksburg, May 14, 1862. 

She runs aground in her passage to Yicksburg, May 
14, 1862. 

She discharges her battery, coal, etc., on board a 
gunboat and lighter to float her off. May 15, 
1862. 

She is floated off, and the day spent in reloading her, 
May 16, 1862. 



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Got under way at 5 a. m., May IT, 1862. 

Arrives at J^a'tcliez, May 18, 1862, 

Leaves N'atchez, May 19, 1862. 

Arrived at Yicksburg, May 23, 1862. 

She receives the intelligence that no attack is to be 
made on the city at present, and gets under way, 

. May 26, 1862. 

She is fired upon by rebel light artillery while passing 
Grand Gulf, May 26, 1862. 

Arrived at Baton Rouge, and the dingy was sent 
ashore, manned by Chief Engineer Kimball and 
four boys. On landing at the levee they were at- 
tacked by guerilla cavalry, wounding Mr. Kimball 
and two of the boys. She opened her battery on 
the city, raking the streets and doing much damage, 
May 28, 1862.' ' . 

Left for 'New Orleans and arrived same day, May 29, 
1862. 

Got under way for Yicksburg, June 8, 1862. 

Arrived at Baton Rouge and came to anchor, June 
10, 1862. 

Sailed from Baton Rouge with one of Captain Por- 

♦ ter's mortar fleet in tow, June 19, 1862. 

Got aground, and after working hard the entire 
night succeeded in getting her afloat, June 21, 
1862. 

Arrived at Yicksburg, June 25, 1862. 

Commenced the attack on Yicksburg [see Yicksburg], 
June 26, 1862. 

Sailed for 'Ne\y Orleans, July 24, 1862. 

Arrived at New Orleans, July 28, 1862. 

Sailed again for Baton Rouge, in consequence of in- 
telligence being received that the rebels had made 
an attack on that place. On arriving it was found 

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repulsed. She immediately returned to 'New Or- 
leans, July 25, 1862. 

Sailed from New Orleans for Ship Island, stopping at 
Pilot Town, where she collided with the U. S. ship 
Pampero, receiving, however, but slight damage. 
She here took in spare spars and rigging, which 
she had stripped off on entering the river, and also 
removed the chain cable from her side, Aug. 13, 
1862. 

Left for Ship Island, where she arrived the following 
morning, Aug. 16, 1862. 

Lieut. Commander James S. Thornton transferred the 
command of the ship to Captain James S. Palmer, 
late of the Iroquois, Aug. 27, 1862. 

Sailed for New Orleans, calling off Mobile on' the 
same evening, 'Nov. 7, 1862. 

Came to anchor off South West Pass, and was saluted 
by a Frencli man-of-war lying at anchor at that 
place, which was returned, 'Nov. 8, 1862. 

Arrived at New Orleans, where she was again saluted 
by a French and English man-of-war wdiich were 
then lying in the harbor, Nov. 9, 1862. 

She is visited by the French admiral, who is saluted 
by thirteen guns on leaving, which the French ves- 
sel returned, Nov. 13, 1862. 

She hoists the Spanish flag at her fore, in honor of 
the Queen of Spain's birthday, Nov. 19, 1862. 

She is visited by Major General Banks and Brigadier 
General Augur, who, on leaving, were saluted with 
thirteen guns, Dec. 17, 1862. 

Visited by Major General Butler and Brigadier Gen- 
eral Shepley, who are saluted with thirteen guns, 
Dec. 24, 1862. 

Got under way and came to anchor off Pilot Town, 
where she remained for several days for want of 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 77 

sufficient water on the bar to admit of crossing, 
Feb. 6, 1863. 

Got nnder way, and in attempting to cross the bar 
at South "West Pass she ran hard aground, Feb. 9, 
1863. 

Succeeded in getting off with the assistance of two 
tug boats, and had just got over the bar w^hen the 
steamer Che Kiang arrived w^ith dispatches for the 
admiral to return to New Orleans. She imme- 
diately turned round, and in attempting to cross 
the bar the second time she grounded ; but with the 
assistance of the steamers then there she succeeded 
in getting off without much further delay, Feb. 10, 
1863. 

Arrived at :N"ew Orleans, Feb. 11, 1863. 

Left for up the river, March 9, 1863. 

Came to anchor off Baton Rouge, March 11, 1863. 

Put in readiness for action, March 13, 1863. 

She signalized the fleet to get under way, started up 
the river, and came in sight of the batteries at Port 
Hudson [see Port Hudson], March 14, 1863. 

Two men came on board belonging to the ram Queen 
of the West, captured by the rebels. Came to 
anchor off the mouth of ^ed Piver, March 16, 
1863. 

Left anchorage at the mouth of tlie Eed River, and 
arrived at Natchez same day, when Admiral Far- 
ragut sent a flag of truce boat ashore with a dis- 
patch to the mayor, stating that if the ship was 
fired into during the night, he would burn the city 
down, March 17, 1863. 

Got under way and proceeded on up the river. Pre- 
parations made in case of an attempt to board her, 
March 18, 1863. 

She is unexpectedly, attacked by guns mounted on 



78 HAND-BO "OKOF 

high cliffs at Grand Gulf by the enemy, March 19, 
1863. 

Came to anchor below Yicksburg, March 19, 1863. 

She shells the rebel earthworks at War ronton. Gen- 
eral Grant and his staff visit her and hold a con- 
sultation of war with the admiral on board, March 
26, 1863. 

Again shells the Warrenton batteries, March 28, 
1863. ' 

Steamed down the river and opened fire on Grand 
Gulf when she came within range, and drove the 
enemy from their guns. They rallied, but were 
obliged to retreat the second time, March 31, 
1863. 

Came to anchor at the mouth of the Red River, April 
1, 1863. 

"Weighed anchor and arrived at Bayou Sara. Sent 
two boats on shore in charge of officers, the crews 
of wdiich were armed, for the purpose of destroying 
some 10,000 bushels of corn and meal found piled 
upon the levee, which was intended for trans- 
portation to the rebel army at Port Hudson, all 
t>f which, except what was wanted for the use of 
the ship, was thrown into the Mississippi, April 6, 
1863. 

Got under way and arrived within five miles of Port 
Hudson, April 6, 1863. 

The admiral's secretary, Mr. Gaubadan, runs the 
gauntlet of the rebel batteries with dispatches for 
the fleet below, April 7, 1863. 

She captures a rebel steamer on her way from 
Yicksburg, bound up the Red River, April 9, 1863. 

Comes to anchor at the mouth of the Red River, 
April 10, 1863. 

Hove up anchor and steamed down the river for Port 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 79 

Hudson, where she arrived about 10 a. m. Signaled 
from masthead with the lower fleet, April 15, 
1863. 
Dispatches received and transmitted by means of sig- 
nals from masthead with the TJ. S. steamer Kich- 
mond of the lower fleet, April 16, 1863. 
Got under way, and steanied up the river, April 17, 

1863. 
At anchor off the mouth of the Ked Kiver, April 18, 

1863. 
Weighed anchor and got under way, and steamed 
down the river in company with the ram Switzer- 
land and Albatross. " Came to" several times for 
the purpose of destroying some flat boats which she 
came across, and which were used in the transpor- 
tation of provisions across the river for the rebel 
garrison at Port Hudson. Came to anchor above 
Port Hudson in the afternoon, and signalized the 
lower fleet from masthead, April 23, 1863. 
Keceived a mail on board across the point of land 
which separated her from the vessels of the lower 
fleet. Steamed up river, coming to anchor a short 
distance above Bayou Sara, April 24, 1863. 
Again under way up the river, occasionally coming 
to for the purpose of destroying flat boats and sugar 
manufactories which were continually supplying the 
rebels with sugar and molasses when not observed. 
Came to anchor off the mouth of the Red River, 
April 25, 1863. 
Vessel reported coming down the Red River, when in 
a few minutes all hands are at their guns and sta- 
tions and ready for the fray, when the stranger 
proved to be the U. S. gunboat Arizona, with dis- 
patches from General Banks to Admiral Farragut, 
May 1, 1863. 



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Got under way and cast anclior five miles above Port 
Hudson. On the trip down saw a flat boat ahead 
crossing the river, having two hogsheads of sugar 
on board ; brought it to with a shot from gun on 
forecastle ; sent an armed cutter to take her in tow 
and bring her alongside. Keceived a white man 
and boy and several negro prisoners from off the 
scow on board. Paroled the two white prisoners, 
May 5, 1863. 

Up anchor, and returned again to the mouth of Eed 
Kiver, May 6, 1863. 

Rear Admiral Farragut, Fleet Captain T. A. Jenkins, 
Fleet Surgeon J. M. Foltz, Rear Admiral's Secre- 
tary, E. C. Gaubadau, Fleet Captain's Clerk, E. A. 
Palmer, and Lieutenant Eaton of the Signal Corps, 
leave the ship on board the U. S. gunboat Sachem, 
at 5 A. M., May 8, 1863. 

Got under way and stood down the river for Port 
Hudson, when she signalized the lower fleet, after 
which she returned and came to anchor off Bayou 
Sara, May 22, 1863. 

Got under way, steamed down the river, rounded to 
above Port Hudson, and sent them her compli- 
ments from her Sawyer rifle on the poop, which 
struck the rebel batteries. Came to anchor five 
miles above Port Hudson, May 24, 1863. 

Shelled the woods around Port Hudson all day and 
•night, which resulted in the enemy deserting two 
steamers they had concealed in the bushes upon 
what is called Thompson's Creek. The pickets 
took possession of them. May 26, 1863. 

Received two deserters on board from Port Hudson. 
They made their escape by swimming Thompson's 
Creek, and report that the garrison is living on 
half rations, June 26, 1863. 



• THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 81 

News of tlie surrender of Port Hudson received on 
board, wliicli was tlie cause of a general day's re- 
joicing among the crew, July 8, 1863. 

All hands called to up anchor, and never before since 
the Hartford was put in commission was the anchor 
hove up with such a will, as it was whispered 
around that the ship was ordered North ; this, 
with the fact that she was about to sail the great 
waters of the Mississippi free and uninterrupted by 
traitors' hands. Passed Port Hudson as the army 
was firing a salute when the American flag was 
raised over the place. Came to anchor below Port 
Hudson, July 9, 1863. 

She is visited by Major General Banks, after whi^h 
she got under way and steamed down to Baton 
Pouge, where she came to anchor in the evening, 
July 10, 1863. 

Left Baton Pouge and steamed down the river ; fired 
forward rifle at the different points on the river as 
she passed ; fired broadside guns at embrasures cut 
in the levee from w^hich vessels were fired upon by 
pieces of rebel flying artillery, but elicited no re- 
sponse ; passed the sloop of war Monongahela and 
iron-clad Essex, gunboat, at anchor. Came to an- 
chor oft* New Orleans, July 11, 1863. 

Broke down the cotton bales around poop and sent 
them ashore, since she needed them for a barricade 
no longer, her fighting days for a time being over, 
July 15, 1863. 

Sent two guns and carriages ashore, July 20, 1863. 

Sent two 9-inch Dahlgren guns and equipments, and 
a quantity of grape, ashore, July 21, 1863. 

Sent two more guns ashore, July 22, 1863. 

Got under way and steamed up the river, and turned. 
Was cheered as she passed the fleet, which she 
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returned. The cliurcli-bells in tlie city also were 
rung, Aug. 1, 1863. 

Steaming down the river, was hove to by a shot from 
Fort St. Philip, and was boarded by an officer. 
Crossed the bar, and pilot left the ship, Aug. 2, 
1863. 

Arrived in JSTew York harbor. Eeceived salutes from 
the lower fleet, also from the different forts in the 
harbor, which she returned. Received a salute 
from an English sloop, of war and from a Spanish 
frigate, which she answered. Came to anchor off 
the Battery at 5.30 p. m., Aug. 19, 1863. 

Sailed from Brooklyn Navy Yard, Jan. 4, 1864. 

Went to sea, Jan. 5, 1864. 

Harvest Moon, S. W., 3 guns. 546 tons. P. 1864. 

Uassalo, S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Machinery contracted in 1863. 

Hastings, S. "W., 8 guns. 293 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 

Hatteras, S. W., 5 guns. 1,100 tons. L. 210, B. 34, D. 
18. P. C. $110,000. (Name changed from St. 
Mary.) 

Captures a battery on Sea Horse Key, Fla., by a boat 
expedition. Destroys all the public buildings, 
four schooners, three sloops, and several small ves- 
sels, and captures 14 men belonging to the 4th 
Florida Yolunteers, Jan. 10, 1862. 

Sunk by the Confederate privateer Alabama [see Ala- 
bama and Hatteras fight], Jan. 11, 1863. 

Hatteras Inlet, N. C. A joint expedition under Flag Of- 
ficer Silas H. Stringham, U. S. N., and Major Gen- 
eral Butler, sailed from Hampton Koads, Aug. 26, 



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1861, and arrived at the Cape on Tuesday, tlie 27th 
instant. The expedition was composed of the fol- 
lowing vessels : Minnesota (flag ship), Wabash, 
Monticello, Cumberland, Susquehannah, Harriet 
Lane : chartered steamers, Adelaide, George Pea- 
body, and Fanny. The transports contained parts 
of two regiments and one company of regulars. 
On the 28th, at 6.40 a. m., signal was made to dis- 
embark the troops. At 10 a. m. fire was opened 
upon Forts Clark and Hatteras. At 12.25 p. m. the 
enemy hauled his colors. At 12.30 the firing 
ceased, and at 2 p. m. the American flag was dis- 
played from Fort Clark. At 4 p. m. Fort Hatteras 
again opened her fire, and the vessels immediately 
resumed operations. At 6.15 p. m. the firing ceased, 
and the vessels liauled out of range and anchored. 
At 7.30 the following morning the attack again 
commenced, and continued until 11.10 a. m., when 
a white flag was displayed from Fort Hatteras. 
At noon the fort was formally surrendered to the 
II. S. forces, Aug. 29, 1861. 
Prisoners arrived at E'ew York in the flag ship Min- 
nesota, Sept. 2, 1861. 

Mead of the Passes. The Water Witch, after towing a 
schooner laden with coal alongside of the Richmond, 
had anchored On the afternoon of the preceding day, 
(October 12, 1861,) on her starboard quarter, a little 
in shore, and the Richmond was employed during the 
night discharging the schooner, which was made fast 
on her port side. The Preble was anchored at a short 
distance ahead, and on the starboard bow of the Rich- 
mond, and the Yincennes lower down on the opposite 
side of the river, and nearer the entrance of the South 
West Pass. Between 8.30 and 4 a. m. the alarm was 



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given on board of the Frolic, a small prize schooner 
anchored nearly ahead of the Water Witch, the offi- 
cers in charge hailing the Richmond, to apprise her 
of the danger from a steamer descending the river. 
Almost immediately after the crash of collision with 
the Richmond was distinctly audible on board the 
Water Witch. The coal schooner was now observed 
drifting astern, and apparently in contact with her a 
low, dark steamer, almost obscured by a dense column 
of smoke. The peculiar puffing of a high pressure 
engine was heard. The steamer passed near the 
Water Witch, steering over towards the Yincennes, 
as they supposed, but soon turned and commenced as- 
cending the river. The Richmond's battery was now 
opened upon her, and soon after a broadside was dis- 
charged from the Preble. A signal rocket was then 
thrown from the steamer towards the Richmond, and 
shortly afterward three dim lights appeared up the 
river in the vicinity of the eastern shore. The Rich- 
mond, having now slipped her chain, turned her head 
slowly in the direction of the Yincennes, and, appre- 
hending an immediate attack, the chain of the Water 
Witch was also slipped, and she was backed astern a 
short distance to allow the prize schooner Frolic to 
coast and pass her. The lights up the river rapidly 
increasing and expanding, were now ascertained to 
proceed from three fire rafts gradually drifting down 
toward the Water Witch, and it w^as now deemed ex- 
pedient to steam over towards the opposite shore. 
As they passed the Yincennes she was observed to 
be under way, and heading down stream. The Rich- 
mond, and soon afterwards the Preble, passed them, 
steering toward the South West Pass. Finding that 
the fire rafts were drifting with the wind steadily over 
towards the western shore, the Water Witch was now 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 85 

steered to tlie northward and eastv/ard (up stream), 
and easily cleared tliem. They subsequently stranded 
on the western bank, together with the schooner from 
which the Richmond had been coaling, a leaky prize 
vessel of little value, with no men on board. Igno- 
rant of the exact position of the squadron, the "Water 
Witch, towards daybreak, dropped down to the en- 
trance' of the South West Pass, and about 4.30 a. m. 
made out the Richmond, accompanied by the sailing 
vessels, some three or four miles down the Pass, steer- 
ing for the bar. The river at this time, in the vicinity 
of the " Head of the Passes," was entirely clear of the 
enemy, but an officer sent to the masthead reported 
the smoke of four steamers beyond a bend in the 
river five or six miles above us, besides a large bark- 
rigged propeller still higher up. Deeming it impor- 
tant to communicate these facts to the senior officer, 
and apprehending a design on the part of the enemy 
to run the bark out to sea by the Pass a I'Outre, she 
she was now steered after the Richmond at full speed, 
stopping her wheels for a moment only to take in tow 
the prize schooner Frolic, which was dropping astern 
of the other vessels. About this time the signal to 
" cross the bar" was given by the Richmond. On 
ranging alongside of that ship, the urgent necessity of 
an immediate return to the " Head of the Passes" was 
presented ; but as her propeller was in motion, it was 
not sure that the suggestion was understood. An 
order was received to " get the sloop over the bar," 
and the importance of the Richmond's anchoring at 
once was pressed in reply. The Water Witch then 
ranged ahead to execute her orders. Lieut. Davis, 
the executive officer, was put on board of the Preble 
to pilot her out, but before the Water Witch could 
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on a flat to the left of the cliannel, and all efforts to 
tow her afloat proved fruitless. The Kichmond, in 
attempting to turn her head up stream, also grounded 
near the Yincennes. The Preble was safely taken 
over the bar by Lieut. Davis, who promptly returned 
to his station on board while the Water Witch was 
still under fire of the enemy's steamers. Finding the 
" Head of the Passes" evacuated, the Confederate 
steamers followed the Water Witch down the South 
West Pass, the Ivy leading and opening fire on the 
Richmond at a long range- with a heavy rifled gun, 
shortly after the Yincennes grounded. The Rich- 
mond replied from a 9-inch shell gun mounted on the 
forecastle, and a rifled howitzer on the " poop," and 
occasionally from her broadside guns. Signal to 
" engage the enemy" being also made to the Water 
Witch, their efforts to relieve the Yincennes were 
discontinued, and their rifled 12-pounder howitzer was 
brought to bear on the Ivy. The bark, supposed to 
be the McRea, having also got within range, com- 
menced firing with a rifle or Parrott gun, throwing: 
shot and shell beyond the Richmond, and almost 
down to the bar. The Richmond succeeded once or 
twice in backing off into deeper water, but drifted 
down with the current and finally grounded again 
about a quarter of a mile below the Yincennes, with 
her broadside up the river, obliging the Water Witch 
to take some care in keeping clear of the range of 
her guns. The Yincennes, with her stern up stream, 
from which but two guns could be brought to bear 
on tlie enemy, remained in a critical position, exposed 
to a raking fire. A signal made by the Richmond at 
this time to the vessels below the bar to get under 
way, was erroneously reported to Commander Handy 
as a signal to abandon ship, and an ofiicer was sent 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 87 

from the Yincennes to the Water Witch to ask if any 
such signal had been made, and that Captain Handy 
should Gontimce to defend his "vessel. Soon afterwards, 
however, several boats came alongside of the Water 
Witch with the marine guard and a portion of the 
officers and crew of the Yincennes. Subsequently 
Captain Handy with the remainder repaired on board 
the Eichmond, the formidable battery of which ship 
alone prevented the enemy from taking possession of 
the abandoned vessel, as the Confederate steamers at 
no time ventured to drop within effective range of 
her broadside guns. Between 9 and 10 a. m., appa- 
rently contented with the results of the action, they 
ceased firing and steamed up the river. After trans- 
ferring the officers and men of the Yincennes to the 
Preble, who had to take refuge on board of the Water 
Witch, she was next engaged in another unsuccessful 
attempt to get that ship afloat, Commander Handy, 
with a greater part of his crew, having returned. 
During the afternoon the steamer McClellan arrived 
from Fort Pickens with two Parrott guns, which were 
immediately placed on board of the Richmond, and 
about 4 p. M. the Water Witch was dispatched by 
Captain Pope to communicate with the steamers South 
Carolina and Huntsville in Barrataria and Berwick 
Bays, taking verbal orders to Commander Alden to 
proceed to Pass a I'Outre and to Commander Price to 
join the Eichmond at South West Pass, Oct. 12, 1861. 

Heliotrope, S. W., 1 gun. 238 tons. P. Befitted by 
Secor & Co., Jersey City, for a gunboat, 1864. 

Hendrick Hudson, S., 6 guns. 460 tons. 

Collides with the brig Caroline Eddy of Bangor, at 
sea, Jan. 9, 1864. 

Henrietta, Yacht, 3 guns. 170 tons. Owned by James 



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Gordon Bennett, Jr., Esq., and belonging to the 
N. Y. Yacht Chib. Was offered to the government as 
a war vesseL She was accej^ted by the Treasury 
Department and commanded by her owner. She 
participated in the attack upon and capture of Fer- 
nandina, Fla. [see Fernandina, Fla.], March 4, 1862. 

Henry Andrew, S., 3 guns. 177 tons. L. 150, B. 26, D. 
7. P. C. S24,000. 

At the Musquito Inlet expedition. Liqut. Comman- 
der Budd aud Act. Master Mather were killed, 
March 21, 1862. 

Wrecked in a gale near Cape Henry, Aug. 24, 1862. 

Henry Brincker, S., 1 gun. 108 tons. L. 91, B. 22, D. 

6. P. C. $13,000. 

Attacks Koanoke Island [see Koanoke Island], Feb. 

7, 1862. 

At Elizabeth City, IST. C. [see Elizabeth City], Feb. 

10, 1862. 
At Newbern, :Nr. C. [see Newbern], March 14, 1862. 

Henry Janes, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 261 tons. L. 
Ill, B. 29, D. 9. P. C. $11,000. 

Was one of the celebrated Porter mortar flotilla [see 
:^ew Orleans], April, 1862. 

Visits Fort Livingston. The rebels seeing her com- 
ing, fled in confusion and evacuated the fort, April 
27, 1862. 

At the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 

Sabine Pass, Texas, Sept. 25, 1862. 

Hctzel, S. W., 2 guns. 301 tons. P. 

Attacks Poanoke Island [see Roanoke Island], Feb. 

7, 1862. 
At Elizabeth City, E". C. [see EHzabeth City], Feb. 
10, 1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 89 

At Newbern, K C. [See ISTewbern, ]^. C], March 14, 

1862. 
Attacks a rebel battery near Fort Anderson, N. C, 

March 14, 1863. 

Hollyhock, S. W., 3 guns. 300 tons. P. 

Home, S., 3 guns, 713 tons. P. JSTame changed from Key 
West. L. 168, B. 30, D. 18. Fitted up as a home 
for wearied officers and seamen who served in the 
iron-clads in the operations before Charleston. She 
was fitted for comfort entirely, with bath-tubs, fresh 
vegetables, ice-houses, etc., 1863. 

Honduras, S. W., 3 guns. 376 tons. P. East Gulf 
Squadron. 
Put in commission at l^ew York, Sept. 9, 1863. 
Captures the blockade runner Mail, Oct. 15, 1863. 

Honeysuckle, S., 2 guns. 234 tons. P. East Gulf 

Squadron. 
Name changed from Wm. Fargo. Sailed from JN^ew 

York, Dec. 24, 1863. 
Captured the Fly, B. R, Jan. 11, 1864. 

Hope, Schooner, 1 gun. 134 tons. L. — , B. — , D. — . 
P. C. $15,000. 
Was a yacht owned by Mr. Ives of Providence, R. I., 
and was built by Henry Steers of Greenpoint, L. 
I. She belonged to the l!T. Y. Yacht Club, and was 
sold in the early part of the rebellion. She has 
been employed on the Charleston blockade, and has 
rendered very valuable service, 1861-4. 

Horace Beals, Bark en tine, 2 guns. 296 tons. P. C. 

$16,000. 
"Was fitted out as the ordnance and hospital ship of 
the Porter mortar flotilla [seel^ew Orleans], April, 

1862. 



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At the bombardment of tlie batteries at Yicksburg, 

June 28, 1862. 
Arrived at :^ew York, Feb. 12, 1864. 

Housatonic, S., 13 guns. 1,240 tons. Built at the Bos- 
ton J^avy Yard, engines by Jabez Corry & Co., 
Boston, i861. 

Launched, Nov., 1862. 

Engages the rebel iron-clads Chocura and Palmetto 
State on their raid upon the U. S. blockading fleet 
off Charleston harbor, S. C. [see Iron-clad Raid of 
Charleston, S. C], Jan. 31, 1863. 

Sunk off Charleston, S. C, by the rebel torpedo boat 
" Davis" on the night of Feb. IT, 1864. 

Howquah, S., 4 guns. 397 tons. P. 
Sailed from Boston, Sept. 1, 1863. 
Captures the blockade runner Ella (Republic), Nov. 
10, 1863. 

Hunchback, S. W., 7 guns. 517 tons. P. 

Attacks Roanoke Island [see Roanoke Island], Feb. 

7, 1862. 

Lands a naval field battery and joins the attack upon 
the enemy's works at Roanoke Island. The offi- 
cers and crew of the naval battery were selected 
from various vessels in the squadron, Feb. 8, 1862. 

Participates in the engagement at "Winton, N. C. [see 
Winton, N. C], Feb. 19, 1862. 

At Newborn, N. C. [see Newborn], March 14, 1862. 

Attacked in the Neuse River, N. C, near Fort An- 
derson, March 14, 1863. 

Engages Hill's Point battery, N. C, and operates in 
conjunction with the flotilla at the relief of "Wash- 
ington, N. C, when invested by the enemy, April 
7, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 91 

Huntsville, S., 4 guns. 817 tons. L. 200, B. 29, D. 19. 
P. C. $90,000. 

Attacked by the rebel steamer " Strike" off Mobile 
Bay, and after a sharp contest of three quarters of 
an hour, the " Strike" retreated under the guns of 
Fort Morgan, having been somewhat damaged, 
Dec. 21, 1861. 

Captures the blockade runner Union, May 18, 1863. 

Huron, S., 4 guns. 607 tons. Built at Boston by Paul 

Curtis, engines by Harrison Loring of Boston. 

Launched, Sept. 2i, 1861. 
At the capture of Fernandina, Fla. [see Fernandina], 

March 4, 1862. 
Attacked by rebels near Fort Grimball, Stono Eiver, 

S. C, July 16, 1863. 
Captnred Chatham, B. E., l^ov. 30, 1863. 
Destroys ship Sylyanus, B. R, in Doboy Sound, Ga. 

[see Prizes Captured], Jan. 3, 1864. 

Hyacinth) S. W., 1 gun. 50 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Hydrangea, S., 2 guns. 224 tons. P. Fitted at ]^ew 
York for West Gulf Squadron. 

I. 

Ida, S., 1 gun. 104 tons. West Gulf Squadron. 

Idaho, S., 8 guns. 2,500 tons. Building by Henry Steers 
at Greenpoint, L. I., engines by Morgan Iron "Works, 
K Y., from plans by Mr. Dickinson, 1863-4. 

Illinois, S., 20 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Engines contracted for in 1863. 

Independence, Ship, razee, 50 guns. 2,257 tons. Built 
at Boston, 1814. Receiving ship at Mare Island 
Navy Yard, California, 1864. 



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Indianola, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 442 tons. 

Eiins the Yicksburg batteries, Feb. 13, 1863. 
Captured after having been rammed seven times by 
the rebel rams Webb and Queen of the West (the 
latter captured by the rebels, Feb. 14), and subjected 
to a severe fire of two cotton-clads. The engage- 
ment lasted an hour and twenty minutes, casualties 
1 killed, 1 wounded, and 7 missing. The enemy 
lost 2 officers and 33 men killed, and many 
wounded. The Indian ola was surrendered in a 
sinking condition to a force of 4 vessels, 10 guns, 
and 1,000 men. The rebels destroyed the arma- 
ment of their prize, having been frightened by the 
appearance of a sham monitor sent down from 
above Yicksburg by Admiral Porter, Feb. 4, 1863. 
Ino, Ship, 11 guns. 985 tons. L. 160, B. 34, D. 19. P. 
C. $40,000. Has been employed in search of priva- 
teers during the war. 
Ion, S. W., guns. 230 tons. Receiving ship at Cairo, 
111., 1864. 

Iosco, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Boston, 1863-4. 
Put in commission at Charlestown Navy Yard, April 

27, 1864. 
Employed in recruiting seamen. May, 1864. 
Iris,. S., 2 guns. 159 tons. South Atlantic Squadron. 
Iron Age, S., 5 guns. 650 tons. P. 

Grounded and destroyed near Lockwood's Folly 
Inlet, K C, Jan. 11,' 1863. 

Iron-clad Raid off Cliarlcston, S. C. The rebel ironclads 
Chocura and Palmetto State attacked the Union 
blockading fleet off Charleston bar, exploding the 
steam drum of the Mercedita and exploding the steam 
chests of the Keystone State. The Quaker City and 
the Augusta were hulled several times by the enemy's 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 93 

shot. The Memphis was injured in her rigging and 
spars, while the Honsatonic was not damaged. One 
of her shot took effect on the pilot-house of one of the 
iron-clads, doing considerable damage to it. The 
casualties in the Union fleet were large. One quarter 
of the crew of the Keystone State were killed and 
wounded — 20 killed and 20 wounded. The Mercidita 
had 3 killed and 4 wounded. The Mercidita was 
forced to surrender, but owing to a variety of cir- 
cumstances the rebels were not able to take her in as 
a prize. Tliey paroled the officers and crew, and hur- 
ried back to the city amid a shower of shot and shell 
from the Union fleet, Jan. 31, 1863. 
Iron-clad Vessels. The following is a list of the iron-clads 

of the U. S. ISTavy, with their guns, tonnage, and 

their present (May, 1864) location : 
Agamenticus, 4 guns. 1,564 tons. Building at 

Portsmouth. 
Atlanta, 4 guns. 1,006 tons. James River flotilla. 
Avenger, Ram, Y guns. 750 tons. Building at 'New 

Albany. 
Benton, 16 guns. 1,033 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Camanche, 2 guns. 844 tons. San Francisco. 
Canonicus, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. James River flotilla. 
Carondelet, 11 guns. 512 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Casco, 3 guns. 614 tons. Building at East Boston. 
Catawba, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Building at Cincinnati. 
Catskill, 3 guns. 844 tons. S. Atlantic Squadron. 
Chickasaw, 2 guns. 970 tons. Building at St. Louis. 
Chillicothe, 3 guns. 203 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Chimo, 2 guns. 614 tons. At South Boston. 
Cincinnati, 13 guns. 512 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Cohoes, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Greenpoint. 
Dictator, 2 guns. 3,033 tons. Building at New 

York. 



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• Dunderberg, 10 guns. 5,090 tons. Building at New 
York. 

Eastport, 8 guns. 800 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Essex, 2 guns. 614 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Etlali, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at St. Louis. 

Galena, 14 guns. 738 tons. Off Mobile. 

Kalamazoo, 4 guns. 3,200 tons. Building at Brook- 
lyn. 

Kickapoo, 4 guns. 970 tons. Building at St. Louis. 

Klamath, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Cincinnati. 

Koka, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Camden. 

Lebigb, 2 guns. 844 tons. S. Atlantic Squadron. 

Louisville, 13 guns. 627 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Maliopac, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Building at Jersey 
City. 

Manayunk, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Building at Pitts- 
burg. 

Manhattan, 2 guns.- 1,034 tons. Brooklyn 'Navy 
Yard. 

Marietta, 2 guns. 479 tons. Building at Pittsburg. 

Miantonomah, 4 guns. 1,514 tons. Building at 
Brooklyn. 

Milwaukie, 4 guns. 970 tons. Building at St. Louis. 

Modoc, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at New York. 

Monadnock, 4 guns. 1,564 tons. Building at Phila- 
delphia. 

Montauk, 4 guns. 844 tons. S. Atlantic Squadron. 

Mound City, 14 guns. 512 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 

Nahant, 2 guns. 844 tons. S. Atlantic Squadron. 

Nantucket, 2 guns. 844 tons. S. Atlantic Squadron. 

Napa, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Washington. 

Naubuc, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at "Williams- 
burg. 

Nausett, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at East Boston. 



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E'eosho, 2 guns. 523 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

ISTew Ironsides, 20 guns. 3,486 tons. S. Atlantic 
Squadron. 

Oneota, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Building at Cincin- 
nati. * 

Onondaga, 4 guns. 1,250 tons. James Eiver flo- 
tilla. 

Osage, 2 guns. 523 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Ozark, 2 guns. 478 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Passaconoway, 4 guns. 3,200 tons. Building at 
Portsmouth. 

Passaic, 2 guns. 844 tons. S. Atlantic Squadron. 

Patapsco, 2 guns. 844 tons. S. Atlantic Squadron. 

Pittsburg, 14 guns. 512 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Puritan, 4 guns. 3,265 tons. Building at Green- 
point. 

Quinsigamond, 4 guns. 3,200 tons. Building at 
Boston. 

Roanoke, 6 guns. 3,435 tons. IsT. Atlantic Squadron. 

Sandusky, 2 guns. 479 tons. Building at Pitts- 
burg. 

Sangamon, 2 guns. 814 tons. S. Atlantic Squadron. 

Saugus, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. James River flotilla. 

Shakamaxon, 4 guns. 3,200 tons. Building at 
Philadelphia. 

Shawnee, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at East Bos- 
ton. 

Shiloh, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at St. Louis. 

Squando, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at East Boston. 

Suncook, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at South 
Boston. 

Tecumseh, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. James River flo- 
tilla. 

Tippecanoe, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Building at Cin- 
cinnati. 



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Tonawanda, 4 guns. 1,653 tons. Building at Phila- 

delphia. 
Tuscumbia, 5 guns. 585 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Umpqua, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Pittsburg. 
Vindicator, Earn, 4 guns. 780 tons. Building at 

New Albany. 
Wassuc, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Portland. 
Warsaw, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Baltimore. 
"Winnebago, 4 guns. 970 tons. Building at St. 

Louis. 
Yazoo, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Philadelphia. 
Yuma, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Cincinnati. 
Total, 325 guns, 86,474 tons. 

IronsideS) Jr., Bark, 2 guns. 200 tons. Store vessel, 
South Atlantic Squadron. 

Iroquois, S., 9 guns. 1,016 tons. Brtilt at Brooklyn 

:Navy Yard, 1858. 
Search of the privateer Sumter, 1861. 
Arrived at ISTew York, Dec. 12, 1861. 
Eefitted and sent to West Gulf Squadron, Feb., 1862. 
Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip [see 

New Orleans], April 24, 1862. 
Demands the surrender of Baton Bouge, La., and 

hoists the stars and stripes over the arsenal at that 

place, May 8, 1862. 
Accepts the surrender of Natchez, Miss., May 12, 

1862. 
Attacks the batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., June 10, 

1862. 
Passes above the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 
Passes below the Yicksburg batteries, July 15, 1862. 
Returns to New York for repairs and sails, 1863. 
Captures the blockade runner Merrimac, July 25, 

1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 97 

Aided by the Mount Yernon and James Adger, cuts 
out from under the 'New River Inlet forts the block- 
ade runner Kate, and tows her a prize to Beaufort, 
K C, Aug. 1, 1863. 

Isaac Smith, S., 9 guns. 453 tons. L. 171, B. 31, D. 9. 
P. C. $50,000. 

At Port Royal, S. C. [see Port Royal, S. C], Nov. 7, 
1861. 

Savannah River expedition [see Savannah River], 
Jan. 28, 1862. 

At the capture of Fernandina [see Fernandina, Fla.], 
March 4, 1862. 

Captured in the Stono River after having been sub- 
jected to a terrible cross fire from rebel batteries 
near Legareville, S. C. During the action she had 
8 men killed and 17 wounded. The vessel was 
fought nobly, and could not be extricated from her 
position, as she was hard and fast aground, Jan. 30, 
1863. 

Was taken to Charleston and called the " Confederate 
gunboat Stono." Subsequently her armament was 
taken out, and she was loaded with cotton and at- 
tempted to run the blockade. She was discovered 
and sunk by the Union gunboats, June 5, 1863. 

Isilda, Sloop. Sold at Key West, Fla., 1863. 

Island Belle, S. W., 2 guns. 123 tons. L. 100, B. 20, D. 

6. P. C. $14,000. 
Grounded in the Appomattox River, Ya., and burned 
to prevent falling into the hands of enemy, June, 

1862. 

Island " No. 10'* attacked by the gunboats and mortar ves- 
sels of Flag Officer A. H. Foote, March 16, 1862. 
Battery " No. 1" captured by a boat expedition from 
the naval flotilla, April 1,1862. 
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Surrendered to the naval forces after a siege of twen- 
three days, April 8, 1862. 

Itasca, S., 4 guns. 607 tons. Built at Philadelphia by 
Hillman & Streaker, engines by I. P. Morris & 
Co. Launched, Oct. 1, 1861. 

Eemoves the obstructions in the river below Port 
Jackson, Aug. 23, 1862. 

Attacks, and while endeavoring to pass Ports Jackson 
and St. Philip receives a shot in her boiler, and is 
obliged to withdraw from action, April 24, 1862. 

Engages batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., June 9, 1862. 

Attacked at Donaldson ville, Oct. 4, 1862. 

Arrived at Philadelphia, Aug. 26, 1863. 

Sailed, Dec. 26, 1863. 

Shells a large steamer under the guns of Fort Mor- 
gan, Jan. 9, 1864. 

luka, S., 4 guns. 940 tons. L. 210, B. 31, D. 18. P. 
Name changed from Swamp Angel. Built by J. C. 
Mallory at Mystic' Ct., engines by the Delamater 
Iron Works, N. Y. 

Ivy, S. W., 2 guns. — tons. Mississippi Squadron, 

Puns the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 

fleet], April 16, 1863. 
At the capture of Fort De Pussy, May 9, 1863. 



J. 

Jacob Bell, S. W., 5 guns. 229 tons. L. 114, B. 21, D. 
8. P. C. $12,000. 
Shells and destroys several houses near Freestone 

Point, Ya., on the Potomac Piver, Dec. 9, 1861. 
Engages a rebel battery at Watkin's Bluff on the 
James Kiver, Ya., June 20, 1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 99 

Attacked while at anchor near Pratt's Landing on 
the Potomac River, Dec. 4, 1S62. 

James Ad^er, S. W., 9 guns. 1,151 tons. L. 215, B. 33, 
D. 21. P. C. $85,000. ^ 

Tows the Montauk to Ossibaw Sound, Jan. 28, 1863. 

At the capture of Fernandina [see Fernandina, Fla.], 
March 4, 1862. 

Aided by the Mount Yernon and Iroquois, cuts out 
the blockade runner Kate from under the gxm^ of 
'New Inlet batteries, Aug. 1, 1863. 

Shells the hull of the blockade runner Hebe to de- 
stroy it. The fire of the batteries was rapid and 
remarkably accurate, and at 10 o'clock the James 
Adger withdrew, having fired 163 projectiles into 
the wreck, Aug. 23, 1863. 

Captures the Cornubia, B. E., Nov. 8, 1863. 

Captures the R E. Lee, B. R., Nov. 9, 1863. 

James L. Davis, Bark, 4 guns. 461 tons. L. 133, B. 30, 
D. 12. P. C. $23,900. 
Attached to the Gulf Squadron during the war. 

James River Operations. The Matanza, Wachusett, 
Chocura, Sebago, Corwin (Coast survey), Marblehead, 
Currituck, and iron-clad Galena, acted as a cover to 
McClellan's evacuation of Harrison's Landing, and 
kept the Confederate troops at bay while the Union 
forces embarked. May 7, 1862. 

James S. Cliaml)ers, Bark, 6 guns. 401 tons. L. 124, B. 
29, D. 12. P. C. $17,000. 
Employed on the blockade during the war. 

Jamestown, Sloop of war, 22 guns. 985 tons. Built at 
the Gosport liTavy Yard, 1844. 
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Jasmine; S., 2 guns. 122 tons. Tender to tlie Pensacola 
'Nsivj Yard. 

Java, S., 20 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced, 
engine contracted for in 1863. 

J. C. Ktthn, Bark, 4 guns. 888 tons. L. 153, B. 35, D. 

18. P. C. $32,000. 
Employed as a store and coal ship. West Gulf Squad- 
ron. 

J. N. Seymour, S. W., 2 guns. 133 tons. L. 102, B. 20, 
D. 7. P. C. $18,000. 

At the attack and capture of Poanoke Island [see 
Koanoke Island], Feb. 7, 1862. 

Elizabeth City, N. C. [see Elizabeth City], Feb. 10, 
1862. 

On the Neuse Piver expedition, Dec. 12, 1862. 

Aids in the relief of "Washington, N". C. [see Wash- 
ington, N". C], April 3, 1863. 

John Adams, Sloop of war, 8 guns. 700 tons. Pebuilt at 
Gosport, 1831. 
Attached to tlie E'aval Academy until the close of 
1863, when she was sent to Port Poyal as an ord- 
nance vessel. 

John GriiOlth, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 246 tons. L. 
113, B. 28, D. 8. P. C. $8,000. 
One of the Porter mortar flotilla [see New Orleans], 
April, 1862. 

John Hancock, S., 1 gun. 382 tons. Built at Charles- 
town N'avy Yard, 1850. 
At the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Francisco, Cal., 
1861-4. 

John L. Lockwood, S. W., 3 guns. 180 tons. P. C. 
$16,000. 



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At Elizabeth City [see Elizabeth City, IST. C], Feb. 

10, 1862. 
On a reconnoissance to Edenton, ]^. C, Feb. 12, 1862. 
Winton, :N'. C. [see Winton, K C], Feb. 19, 1862. 
At IN'ewbern, IN". C. [see :N"ewbern], March 14, 1862. 
On the J^euse River expedition, Dec. 12, 1862. 
Started from E'ewbern for the relief of Washington, 

N. C, which was invested by the rebels for eighteen 

days, April 2, 1863. 

John P. Jackson, S. W., 6 guns. 777 tons. L. 192, B. 
33, D. 12. P. C. $60,000. 

Assists in the capture of Boloxi, Miss., April 2, 1862. 
Engages the rebel steamers Oregon, Pamlico, and Ca- 

rondelet near Pass Christian, Miss. The action 

lasted one hour and a half, when the enemy retired, 

April 4, 1862. 
One of the steam division of Porter's mortar flotilla 

[see New Orleans], April 16 to 24, 1862. 
Attacks the batteries at Yicksburg, June 28, 1862. 

Jonquil, S., 2 guns. 90 tons. S. A. Squadron. 

Judge Torrence, S. W., 1 gun. 700 tons. Armed navy 
transport of the Mississippi Squadron. 

Julia, Sloop, guns. 10 tons. East Gulf Squadron. 
Juliet, S. W., 6 guns. 157 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Yazoo Piver expedition [see Yazoo batteries], Dec. 
29, 1862. 
Juniata, S., 9 guns. 1,240 tons. L. 205, B. 38, D. 16i|. 
Built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, engines by 
Pusey, Jones & Co., Wilmington, Del. Launched, 
March, 1862. 
Special service in the West Indies, 1862-3. 
Leaves Havana in pursuit of the Nita, B. P., Aug. 

12, 1863. 
Cruising in the West Indies, 1863. 
Arrives at New York, Dec. 2, 1863. 



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K. 

Kalamazoo, Iron-clad, 4= guns. 3,200 tons. Building at 
the Brooklyn ISTavy Yard, 1864. 

Kanawha, S., 4 guns. 607 tons. Built by E. G. and W. 

II. Goodspeed at Haddam, Ct., engines by Pacific 
Iron Works, Bridgeport, Ct., 1861. 
Employed in the Gulf service since she went into 
commission. 

Kansas, S., 8 guns. 593 tons. Built at the Philadelphia 
^avy Yard, engines were found on board of the 
Princess Royal, B. R. 
Launched, Sept. 29, 1863. 

Katahdin, S., 7 guns. 507 tons. Built at Bath, Me., by 

Lavaber & Allen, engines by Morgan Iron Works, 

K Y. Launched, Oct. 11, 1861. 
Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip [see 

E"ew Orleans], April 24, 1862. 
Attacks but did not pass the Yicksburg batteries. 

She was under fire over three hours, June 28, 1862. 
Attacked by rebel batteries at Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 

1862. 

Kcarsarge, S., 8 guns. 1,031 tons. Built at the Ports- 
mouth Navy Yard, I^. H., engines by Woodrufi:' & 
Beach, Hartford, Ct., 1862. 

On special service in European waters, 1862-4. 

At Cork, Ireland, Nov. 4, 1863. 

[While this work was in course of publication the 
fight between the Kearsarge and Alabama took 
place, and we have deemed it but just to our navy 
and the gallant officers who so nobly fought the 
Kearsarge to insert it, although our record is sup- 
posed to close on the 1st of May, 1864. — B. S. O.] 



THE UNITED STATES. NAVY. 103 

The Kearsarge, under tlie command of Captain Jolin 
"Winslow, is a steam sloop of war of tlie third class, 
carrying one hundred and sixty-three officers and 
men, and seven guns of the following description 
and calibre : two 11-inch Dahlgrens, one rifle 32- 
pounder, and four broadside 32s. 

The Alabama was a larger vessel, but of about the 
same tonnage, and carried eight guns — one a 100- 
pounder rifle, one 6S, and six 32s. 

The Alabama reached Cherbourg on Saturday, the 
11th of June, from Cape Town, with thirty prison- 
ers, the crews of two American merchant vessels 
which she had captured and destroyed on the pas- 
sage, and which she landed immediately upon ar- 
riving. She entered the harbor ostensibly for the 
purpose of making repairs, and it was generally 
supposed that she was in an unseaworthy condition. 

The Kearsarge arrived off Cherbourg on the 14:th of 
June. Since last March she has been cruising in 
and about the Channel, looking more particularly 
for the Happahannock than for anything else. She 
lay for some time last winter in Brest, watching the 
Florida. 

The Kearsarge, since her arrival off the port, has 
never been inside until after the battle, having been 
lying off and on at a distance of from three to seven 
miles of the coast. 

The fight took place on Sunday, the 19th. On the 
15th, the day after the arrival of the Kearsarge off 
the port. Captain Winslow received from Mr. Liais, 
the consular agent of the United States there, a 
note containing an extract from a letter written by 
the rebel agent at Cherbourg, and purporting to 
quote from a letter of Captain Semmes to the rebel 
agent. Captain Semmes stated that he considered 



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the presence of the Kearsarge in the vicinity of the 
port an insult to him and the rebel flag ; that he^ 
was desirous of doing so and intended giving her a 
fight, and " begged that the Kearsarge would re- 
main off the port, where he hoped not to detain her 
long — no longer than to-morrow or next day at 
farthest." 

To this boasting irony of course Captain Winslow 
made no reply, but prepared his ship for the com- 
ing combat. Captain Semmes, however, did de- 
tain him two days longer than he promised. It 
would probably have been better for Captain 
Semmes and his vessel had he even " waited a little 
longer." 

Nothing more was heard of the Alabama until Sun- 
day morning, the Kearsarge in the meantime con- 
tinuing her cruise off the port. 

A little after ten o'clock on this beautiful, bright, 
sunshiny Sabbath morning, the Kearsarge then 
lying about four miles off the port, the Alabama 
was discovered steaming towards hfer through what 
is known as the " eastern passage." The men were 
immediately beat to quarters, and every man sprang 
to his place, eager for the commencement of the 
fray. 

In order to put beyond a shadow of a doubt any 
question about a violation of neutral territory. 
Captain "Winslow, immediately upon discovering 
the Alabama, headed his vessel out to sea, and 
steamed away from the port until he had reached a 
distance of about seven miles, the Alabama follow- 
ino; in her wake at a distance of a mile and a half, 
the rebel flag, so soon to be struck, flaunting sau- 
cily in the breeze of morning. 

After reaching an offing of about seven miles, the 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 105 

Kearsarge slackened speed and turned lier port side 
toward the Alabama slowly, allowing the latter to 
approach her. "While bringing her port side to 
bear upon the Alabama, for the purpose of fighting 
the battle on that side, the Kearsarge, reserving her 
fire, and a deathlike silence prevailing on board, 
permitted the Alabama to approach within a dis- 
tance of twelve hundred yards. The Kearsarge had 
five guns with which she fought the battle, 
mounted on the port side, her crew not being suf- 
ficiently large to work the whole seven guns upon 
one side. 

When the Alabama had arrived within the distance 
above mentioned, she opened the combat with a 
broadside fired at the Kearsarge. The Alabama 
fought seven of her guns, two more than were used 
by the Kearsarge, and also on her starboard side. 
E'one of the shots struck the Kearsarge, one or two 
passing over, and the rest falling short. The rever- 
berations of the cannon and the wicked, whizzing 
sound which the shot made in passing through the 
air, however, excited the men, who were anxious 
to return shot for shot. 

Captain "Winslow, however, deemed it wise to allow 
his antagonist, evidently flushed with the hope of 
a speedy and an easy victory, to approach still 
nearer. 

The Alabama, still approaching slowly, fired a second 
and a third broadside, none of the sliots, however, 
taking effect, before the Kearsarge returned a shot. 

When the proper distance seemed to be obtained Cap- 
tain Winslow opened his batteries upon the rebel, 
and poured broadside after broadside into her as 
rapidly as the gunners could load and fire. 

After file Kearsarge opened her batteries upon the 



lOG HAND-BOOK OF 

Alabama, a rapid and continuous fire was kept up 
from both sides. Each vessel of course kept her 
steam up, and each was sailing in a circle in a di- 
rection opposite to the other, keeping the starboard 
battery bearing upon her antagonist. 

S]3ectators describe the manoeuvring of both the ves- 
sels as beautiful. They continued approaching 
each other until, towards the end of the fight, a 
distance of but about five hundred yards separated 
them. 

The 'Alabama fired much more frequently than the 
Kearsarge, and wasted a great deal more powder 
and ball. Generally her shots were evidently 
badly aimed, wild and high. Evidently her forte 
was to attack and awe into surrender unarmed 
merchant vessels ; but from the first the firing from 
her showed that she was not competent to grapple 
with the trained and disciplined crew of a vessel of 
war. 

Many of the shots struck and cut the rigging of the 
Kearsarge, without inflicting, however, any serious 
damage — the shrill whistle of every one as it flew 
over their heads, exciting the crew of the Kearsarge 
and rendering them more than ever determined to 
conquer. 

The fight commenced at twenty minutes past ten 
o'clock, and lasted just one hour and five minutes. 

During this time four shots lodged in the hull of the 
Kearsarge. 

Eiglit shots in all struck her hull. One rifle shot 
passed entirely ihrongli her smokestack ; another 
rifle shell through the starboard side, below tlie 
main rigging, near the shear plank, bursting and 
wounding three men, causing the only casualties 
to the crew of the Kearsarge during the fight. 



.THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 107 

One of these, a man named Dempsey, had his arm 
taken off, and the others received fractures of the 
legs. Another rifle shell struck under the stern 
and lodged in the rudder post without exploding ; 
another carried away the starboard life buoy ; an- 
other scratched the hammock netting aft. 

Three 32-pounders passed the port side,' opposite the 
wardroom hatch. Another carried away one of the 
cranes over the wardroom hatch, and, taking a 
slanting direction upward, passed through the bot- 
tom of the cutter on the port side. Another rifle 
shot struck the top of the engine room skylight, 
cutting clear across it like a saw, and finally passed 
through the skylight window. Several struck the 
starboard light ; but their force was broken by 
chains hung on the side to cover and protect the 
boilers. These, therefore, caused no damage. 
Shots were continually whizzing through the rig- 
ging like hailstones, and it seems almost a miracle 
that more casualties did not occur. 

The first shot noticed as producing any effect upon 
the Alabama struck her amidships, but in her up- 
per works, making a perceptible gap, but doing 
little or no serious damage. About half way 
through the fight an 11-inch shell exploded on the 
Alabama's deck, near one of the divisions, killing 
fifteen out of the nineteen men, and scattering 
bones and flesh in all directions, and cutting one 
man entirely in two. 

One of the Alabama's crew says the scuppers literally 
" ran blood." Third Lieutenant Wilson, also, taken 
prisoner, says he was knocked down four times, but 
escaped without a wound. 

From the deck of the Kearsarge it could be plainly 
seen that her effective and destructive fire was se- 



108 HAND-BOOK OF 

riouslj injuring tlie Alabama, and as eacli shot 
struck lier side loud cheers went up from the crew 
of the Kearsarge, more than ever enthusiastic by a 
speedy prospect of success. During the entire fight 
the men (whose first baptism with fire this was) 
acted with the greatest coolness and determined 
courage, not a single one of them showing the 
" white feather." 

One hundred and seventy-f©ur rounds were fired dur- 
ing the fight from the Kearsarge, and it is com- 
puted that the Alabama fired at least twice that 
number. 

At a quarter past eleven it was observed that Captain 
Semmes had altered his opinion in relation to the 
prowess and skill of his Yankee antagonist, and ar- 
rived at the conclusion that " discretion was the 
better part of valor ;' had, in short, as our amiable 
President once elegantly expressed it, decided to 
" turn tail and run." He veered round and com- 
menced steaming in the direction of the French 
coast, evidently desirous of placing himself as 
speedily as possible within the limits of the " marine 
league" which marks the boundary between French 
territory and the common ocean. 

The Kearsarge immediately followed, the Alabama 
continuing to fire her stern gun. Finding that the 
speed of the Kearsarge, Avho w^as rapidly gaining 
on her, was superior to hers, the Alabama slack- 
ened speed, and it was reported that she had struck 
her flag and seemed to be settling ; but her boats 
were not lowered, because, as was afterward 
learned, they had been shattered by the shot from 
the Kearsarge. 'No white flag being seen from the 
Kearsarge, she delivered another final broadside, 
which did more damage than all the previous oues. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 109 

The white flag was then run up from the Alabama, 
and a boat from her approached the Kearsarge. 

The firing then finally ceased. The boat was under 
the command of an English ofiicer, belonging to the 
Alabama, who informed Captain Winslow that the 
latter was in a sinking condition, and asked for 
boats to rescue the men. 

All the available boats of the Kearsarge were now 
lowered and manned ; but before a single one could 
reach her, the Alabama went down — down clear 
and straight to the bottom of the ocean. She was 
at this time about six miles outside the port, and 
about five hundred yards distant from the Kear- 
sarge. 

The men, as she was sinking, jumped overboard. 
Many were doubtless drowned — how many is not 
yet known. 

She had about the same sized crew as the Kearsarge, 
and seventy were all that were saved by the avail- 
able boats of the Alabama and taken from the water 
by those of the Kearsarge. Fifteen of those they 
saved were w^ounded. Two of these died after 
being rescued, and the carpenter of the Alabama, 
one Eobinson, was picked up dead and perfectly 
naked. 

A new character now appeared upon the scene. An 
English yacht steamer belonging to the Eoyal 
Yacht Squadron, named the Deerhound, and owned 
by a gentleman in Liverpool, came in sight of the 
Kearsarge immediately upon the disappearance of 
the Alabama. It seems she had been at anchor 
during the early part of the action ; but towards 
its close weighed anchor and steamed a^vay outside 
of the Kearsarge, afterward passing under her 
stern. Captain Winslow hailed her and asked her 



110 HAND-BOOK OF 

assistance in rescuing the drowning men of the 
Alabama. She proceeded toward them, lowered 
her boats, which were seen to pick up a few men, 
and then, without approaching the Kearsarge 
again, steamed away, and, spreading her canvass, 
headed toward the English coast. Among others 
rescued by her were two English officers who came 
on board the Kearsarge to surrender the Alabama, 
and several other officers who had been permitted 
to leave with their boats to rescue their own crew, 
but who it appears deserted them and sought refuge 
on board their English tender. It is generally 
supposed that Captain Semmes escaped in this 
yacht, although among the officers of the Kearsarge 
this is by no means considered positive. 

One of the men taken prisoner asserts that the last he 
saw of the Captain, just before the ship went down, 
he was going down intp his cabin, while another 
asserts that he saw him alongside of him in the 
water. It is proven that Mr. Kell, the first lieu- 
tenant and executive officer of the Alabama, did 
escape in one of the boats of the Deerhound. 

It has since been stated, and it is believed, that the 
yacht, which had been two days in port, was along- 
side the Alabama shortly before her departure, and 
that Captain Semmes put on board of her his chro- 
nometer and other articles of value. It is thought 
she might have saved a dozen men altogether. 
■ These, in good faith and legally, should have been 
delivered to Captain Winslow. When they were 
taken the Alabama had struck her flag and sur- 
rendered, and these men were legitimately prison- 
ers. Captain Winslow would have been perfectly 
justified in firing into the yacht. It is probable 
they had remained at Cherbourg expressly for the 



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ill 



purpose of aiding in the escape of Simmes in case, 
as he did, he should get the worst of the fight. 
Another instance of the fair and honorable dealing 
of ^'' jperfide AlbionP 

A few scattering men were picked up by some French 
pilot and fishing boats, and taken into Cherbourg. 

After saving all the men she could find, the Kear- 
sarge took a pilot and came into Cherbourg, arriv- 
ing there about two o'clock, without, it is believed, 
any serious damages. 

CAPTAIN WINSLOW'S REPORTS. 

United States Steamer KEARSARaE, June 19— P. M. 

giK^—I have the honor to inform the department that 
the day subsequent to the arrival of the Kearsarge 
off this port on the 14th instant, I received a note 
from Captain Semmes, begging that the Kearsarge 
would not depart as he intended to fight her, and 
would not delay her but a day or two. 

According to this notice the Alabama left the port 
of Cherbourg this morning at about half-past nine 
o'clock. 

At twenty minutes past ten a. m. we discovered her 
steering towards us. Fearing the question of ju- 
risdiction might arise, we steamed to sea until a 
distance of six or seven miles was obtained from the 
Cherbourg breakwater, when we rounded to and 
commenced steering for the Alabama. 

As we approached her within about twelve hundred 
yards she opened fire, we receiving two or three 
broadsides before a shot was returned. 

The action continued, the respective steamers making 
a circle round and round, at a distance of about 
nine hundred yards from each other. 



112 HAND-BOOK OF 

At the expiration of an hour the Alabama struck, 
going down in about twenty minutes afterwards 
and carrying many persons with her. 

It affords me great gratification to announce to the 
department that every officer and man did his 
duty, exhibiting a degree of coolness and fortitude 
which gave promise at the outset of certain vic- 
tory. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, 
your obedient servant, 

John A. Winslow, Captain. 
Hon. Gideon Welles, 
Secretary of the Navy. 



United States Steamer Keaesarge, 

CHERBOURa, France, June 20, 1864. 

SiK, — I inclose herewith the surgeon's report of the 
casualties on board this vessel in the late action 
with the Alabama. 

Although we received some twenty-five or thirty 
shots, twelve or thirteen taking effect in the hull, 
by the mercy of God we have been spared the loss 
of any of our lives, whereas in the case of the Ala- 
bama the carnage, I learn, was dreadful. 

The ships were about equal in match, the tonnage 
being the same, the Alabama carrying a 100- 
pounder rifle, with one heavy 68-pounder and six 
broadside 32-pounders, the Kearsarge carrying four 
broadside 32-pounders, tw^o 11-inch and one 28- 
pounder rifle — one gun less than the Alabama. 

The only shot which I fear will give us any trouble 
is a 100-pounder rifle-shell which entered our stern 
post and remains at present unexploded. 

It would seem almost invidious to particularize the 
conduct of any one man or officer, in which all had 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 113 

done their duty with a fortitude and coolness which 
can not be too well praised ; but I feel it due to 
my executive officer, Lieutenant Commander Thorn- 
ton, who superintended the working of the bat- 
tery, to particularly mention him for an example 
of coolness and encouragement to the men while 
fighting, which contributed much towards the suc- 
cess of the action. I have the honor to be, very 
respectfully, your obedient servant, 

John A. Winslow, Captain. 
Hon. Gideon Welles, 
Secretary of the Navy. 



REPORT OF THE SURGEON OF THE KEARSARGE. 

Surgeon Browne reports : — 

John W. Dempsey, quarter gunner, has had an arm 

amputated, owing to a fracture. 
"William Gwin and James Macbeth, ordinary seamen, 

severely wounded. 



Kennebec, S., 5 guns. 607 tons. Built *at Thomaston, 

Me., by G. W. Lawrence, engines by ISTovelty Iron 

Works, K Y., 1861. 
Attacks Forts Jackson and St. Philip, but fouling in 

obstructions, did not pass by, April 24, 1862. 
Attacks, but did not pass the Yicksburg batteries, 

June 28, 1862. 
Shells a large steamer aground under the guns of 

Fort Morgan, Jan. 9, 1864. 

Kensington, S., 4 guns. 1,052 tons. P. 

Attacked by rebel batteries at Ellis' Cliff, June 25, 
1862. 



114 HAND-BOOKOF 

At tlie capture of Sabine Pass, Texas, Sept. 25, 1862. 
Destroys the railroad bridge, the barracks, and two 
schooners at Taylor's Bayou, Oct. 14, 1862. 

Kenwood, S. W., 6 guns. 232 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 
At Yazoo City [see Yazoo City], July 18, 1863. 
At Morganzia, Sept. 30, 1863.' 

Keosauqua, S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced, 
engines contracted for in 1863. 

Keokuk, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 2 turrets. 677 tons. Built 
by J. S. TJnderhill at the Dry Dock Iron "Works, 
]^. Y., for C. W. Whitney, Esq. Launched, Dec. 
6, 1862. 
In the attack upon Fort Sumter she was struck ninety 
times. Nineteen shots pierced her through at the 
water line. In short, the vessel was completely 
riddled [see Fort Sumter], April 7, 1863. 
Sunk o& Charleston Bar, at 7.30 a. m., nothing being 
seen after she went down bnt her smoke stack, 
April 8, 1862. 

Kewaydin, S., 20 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced, 
engines contracted for in 1863. 

Keystone State, S. W., 13 guns. 1,364 tons. L. 222, B. 
32, D. 17. P. C. $125,000. 

At the capture of Fernandina [see FernandinS, Fla.], 
March 4, 1862. 

Attacked by two rebel iron-clads off Charleston Bar, 
S. C, at 4.30 A. M. She was set on fire by their 
shells. Her steam chests exploded, killing 20 men 
and woundino; 20 others. At the time of the acci- 



to 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 115 

dent the Keystone State had on a full head of 
steam, and was running at full speed to run down 
one of the rebel vessels [see Iron-clad Kaid off 
Charleston, S. C], Jan. 31, 1863. 
Repaired at Phikdelphia and sailed, Oct. 27, 1863. 

Key West, S. W., 9 guns. 207 tons. P. Mississippi 
Squadron. 

Kickapoo, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 970 tons. Building at St. 
Louis, Mo., 1864:. 

Kineo, S., 6 guns. 507 tons. Built at Portland, Me., by 
J. W. Dyer, engines by Morgan Iron "Works, N. Y. 
Launched, Oct 9, 1861. 

Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip [see 
New Orleans], April 24, 1862. 

Attacked by batteries at Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 
1862. 

Attacked by rebel battery at Donaldsonville, Oct. 4, 
1862. 

Attempts the passage of the Port Hudson batteries 
[see Port IludSin], March 14, 1863. 

Aids in repulsing the rebel attack upon Donaldson- 
ville, June 28, 1863. 

Kini^fisher, Bark, 7 guns. 450 tons. L. 121, B. 28, D. 
14. P. C. $17,000. 
Went to pieces in a gale of wind on coast of Florida, 
March 7, 1864. 

King Philip, S. W., 2 guns. 500 tons. Attached to the 
Washington, D. C., ITavy Yard. 

Kinsman, Steamer, 4 guns. 400 tons. 

Engages a rebel battery and the gunboat " Cotton" 
near Brashear City, E"ov. 1, 1862. 



116 HAND-BOOK OF 

Engages the Confederate gunboat " Cotton" and tlie i 
batteries in Bayou Teche, Jan. 14, 1863. 

Snagged and sunk near Brashear City, Feb. 23 
1863. 

KittatiAiiy, 3-masted Schooner, 6*guns. 421 tons. P. ; 

West Gulf Squadron. 
A blockader attached to the "West Gulf Squadron, 

1862-4. 
Kepaired at and sailed from 'New York, Aug., 1863. 

Klamath, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Built at Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, 1863. 

Koka, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Camden, 
K J. 

Kosciusko, Earn. [See Lancaster.] 



L. 

Lackawanna, S., 14 guns. 1,533 tons. Built at the New 
York Navy Yard, engindt by the Allaire Iron 
Works, IS". Y. Launched, 1863. 
Captures the l^eptune, B. E.., June 13, 1863. 
Captures the Planter, B. B., June 15, 1863. 

Ladona, S., 7 guns. 861 tons. Captured while attempt- 
ing to run the blockade in Ossibaw Sound by the 
TJnadilla, Aug. 4, 1862. Purchased by the ^Tavy 
Department and converted into a gunboat, 1863. 
In the attack upon Fort Wagner [see Fort Sumter, 
second attack], Aug. 17, 1863. 

Lafayette, S. W., 8 guns. 1,000 tons. Built at St. Louis. 
Buns the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 
fleet], April 16, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 117 

At the capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, 1863. 
At the capture of Fort De Eussy, May 9, 1863. 

Lancaster, S., 30 guns. 2,362 tons. Built at Philadel- 
phia, 1858. 
Flag ship of the Pacific Squadron, 1861-4. 

Lancaster^ Ram. Mississippi Squadron. 

Ran the Yicksburg batteries at sunrise. Her boilers 
were exploded, and being an old and rotten vessel, 
she went to pieces and sunk immediately. Crew 
saved, May 25, 1863. 

Larkspur, S., 2 guns. 125 tons. P. South Atlantic 
Squadron. 

Laurel, S. W., 1 gun. 60 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Lehigh, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 814: tons. Built at Chester, 
Pennsylvania. 
Launched at Chester, Pa., Jan. 17, 1863. 
Experienced a terrible gale at sea, Aug. 26, 1863. 
Arrived at Charleston, S. C, Aug. 30, 1863. 

Lenapec, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Greenpoint, 
L. I., 1863. 
Launched at Greenpoint, L. L, May 28, 1863. 

Leslie, S., 1 gun. 100 tons. P. Tender at the Wash- 
ington E"avy Yard. 

Letters of Marque. U. S. naval officers receive instruc- 
tions to treat all persons sailing under letters of 
marque from the rebel authorities as pirates, April 
21, 1861. 
Jeff. Davis orders persons sailing under Confederate 
letters of marque to make war upon the commerce 
of the United States, " sink, burn, and destroy," 
May 23, 1861. 



118 HAND-BOOK OF 

Lexington, S. W., 7 guns. 448 tons. 

Attacks Confederate batteries on tlie Missouri shore, 
and engages the rebel gunboat Yankee off Hick- 
man, Ky., Sept. 4, 1861. 

Attacks a 16-gun battery, the rebel gunboat Yankee, 
and one gunboat, name unknown, disabling the 
former, at Lucas Bend, Mo., Sept. 10, 1861. 

Engages the rebel batteries three miles above Colum- 
bus, Ky., Oct. 7, 1861. 

Attacks rebel batteries at Belmont, Mo., ]^ov. 9, 1861. 

Makes a reconnoissance to Columbus, Ky., Jan. 7, 
1862. 

At the capture of Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862. 

At Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862. 

Captures Charles City, Ark., June IT, 1862. 

On the Yazoo expedition [see Yazoo batteries], Dec. 
29, 1862. 

At the capture of Arkansas Post [see Arkansas Post], 
Jan. 11, 1863. 

At Dover, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1863. 

At Milliken's Bend [see Milliken's Bend], June 7, 
1863. 

On the White River [see White River expedition], 
Aug. 15, 1863. 

Lighthouses. The rebels destroy the lights along the coast 
and in Chesapeake and Roanoke Rivers, April 28, 
1861. 

LilaC) S., 2 guns. 129 tons. North Atlantic Squadron. 

Lilly, S. W., 1 gun. 50 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Sunk by collision in the Yazoo River, May 3, 1863. 

Linden, S. W., 6 guns. 177 tons. 

Having a detachment of troops on board, goes up to 
Mound City, shelling the woods. The troops were 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 119 

landed and burned several houses in retaliation for 
the burning of the transport steamers Jacob Moss- 
brain and Grampus, Jan. 13, 1863. 

At Haines' Bluff [see Haines' Bluff], April 30, May 
1, 1863. 

At Yazoo City [see Yazoo River expedition], May 21, 
1863. 

LionesS; Ram. Mississippi Squadron. 

On the Yazoo River expedition [see Yazoo batteries], 
Dec. 29, 1862. 

Little Rebel) S. W., 4 guns. 151 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 
Captured by the Union flotilla at Memphis, June 6, 

1862. 

Lizzie, Steamtug. (Chartered.) 

From Philadelphia bound to Key "West. Put into 
I^assau, 'N. P., short of coal. Was refused coal, 
and it was subsequently ascertained that there was 
a plot to capture her by a number of Southern des- 
peradoes in ]^assau, Feb. 24, 1864. 

Louisiana, S., 5 guns. 395 tons. L. 143, B. 27, D. 8. 
P. C. $35,000. 

Had a sharp conflict at Chincoteague Inlet with the 
rebels, who attempted to cut off two of her boats 
which had been sent in to destroy a vessel which 
was being converted into a privateer, Oct. 5, 1861. 

Roanoke Island [see Roanoke Island], Feb. T, 1862. 

At Elizabeth City [see Ehzabeth City], Feb. 10, 1862. 

Makes a reconnoissance to Edenton, 'N. C, Feb. 12, 
1862. 

At Winton,K C. [see Winton, K C], Feb. 19, 1862. 

At Newbern,]Sr. C. [see Newbern, IS". C], March 14, 
1862. 



120 HAND-BOOK OF 

Repulses the rebels at "Washington, ]^. C, Sept. 6, 

1862. 
Aids the TJ. S. troops when besieged at Washington, 

K C. [see Washington, E". C], April 1, 1863. 

LouiSYille, Iron-clad, 13 guns. 527 tons. 
Attacks Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 1862. 
Engages the rebel gunboats at Fort Pillow, May 10, 

1862. 
At the capture of Memphis and the destruction of the 

rebel flotilla, June 6, 1862. 
Engages the upper Yicksburg batteries, June 15, 

1862. 
At Arkansas Post [see Arkansas Post], Jan. 11, 1863. 
Huns the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 

fleet], April 16, 1863. 
At the capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, 1863. 

Lubin, S., 1 gun. 68 tons. P. Tender at the Brooklyn 

Navy Yard. 

M. 

Macedonian, Sloop of war, 16 guns. 1,341 tons. Rebuilt 
at Gosport Navy Yard, 1836. 
Is the practice ship for midshipmen at Newport, R. I., 
1864. 
Mackinaw, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at New 
York Navy Yard. 
Launched, April 22, 1863. 
Madawaska, S., 10 guns. 3,200 tons. Building at the 

Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1863-4. 
Magnolia, S. W., 5 guns. 843 tons. Was captured, Feb. 
19, 1862, off Pass I'Outre by the Brooklyn and others. 
Condemned and purchased by the Navy Department, 
and converted into a gunboat, 1862. 



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Mahaska, S. W., 8 guns. 832 tons. Built at the Ports- 
mouth, 'N. H., 'Nsivy Yard, engines by the Morgan 
Iron Works, 1862. 

Destroys eleven salt works, three schooners, a number 
of scows and boats, and captures a lighter and 
twenty-five canoes near Mathew's Court House, Ya., 
Nov. 21, 1862. 

Reconnoiters in the vicinity of Mathew's Court House, 
Ya., Dec. 12, 1862. 

The attack upon Fort "Wagner [see Fort Sumter, sec- 
ond attack], Aug. 17, 1863. 

Mahopac, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Built by Secor 
& Co., Jersey City, 'N. J. 
Launched, May 17, 1864. 

Malvern, S. W., 5 guns. 627 tons. Captured B. R. 
N^ame changed from Ellie and Annie. She was a 
prize to the U. S. S. ISTiphon, 'Nov. 9, 1863. . 

Before she was complete in her outfit the Chesapeake 
piracy occurred, and she was sent in pursuit of the 
vessel, and succeeded in capturing her in Mud 
Cove, ]^. S. She then took her prize to Halifax, 
^N". S., and turned her over to the British authori- 
ties, Dec, 1863. 

Put in commission at Boston, Feb. 9, 1864. 

Flag ship Admiral Lee's flotilla, James River, May, 
1864. 

Manayiink, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Building at 
Pittsburg. 

Manhattan, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Built by Se- 
cor & Co., Jersey City, JST. J., and launched Oct. 14, 
1863. 

Manitou, S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced, 
en2:ines contracted for in 1863. 



122 ' HAND-BOOK OF 

MaiiitOU) Steamer, 2 guns. Mississippi Squadron. 

With Kattler, captures the rebel steamer Louisville in 
Little River, July, 1863. 

Maratanza, S. W., 6 guns. 786 tons. Built at the Bos- 
ton 'Nsivy Yard, engines by Harrison Loring, 
Boston, 1861-2. 
Attacks Fort Darling, James River, Ya. [see Fort 

Darling], May 15, 1862. 
Sends a boat expedition to Merrill's Inlet, S. C, May 
3, 1863. 

Marblehead, S., 6 guns. 507 tons. Built at JSTewbury- 
port, Mass., by G. W. Jackman, Jr., engines by 
Highland Iron Works, Nevt^burg, N. Y., 1861. 

Launched, Oct. 18, 1861. 

Arrived at Old Point Comfort, March 22, 1862. 

On the Pocotaligo expedition, Oct. 22, 1862. 

Accompanied the iron-clad Passaic on a reconnois- 
sance to Thunderbolt battery, Ga., Feb. 1, 1863. 

Attacked by rebels near Fort Trumbull, Stono River, 
S. C, July 16, 1863. 

Arrived at Brooklyn N'avy Yard, Jan. 22, 1861. 

Maria, S., 2 guns. 170 tons. Building at New York, 1864. 

Maria J. Carlton, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 178 tons. 

L. 98, B. 27, D. 7. P. C. $7,200. 1861. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla [see l^ew Orleans], 

April, 1862. 
Sunk while bombarding Forts Jackson and St. Philip 

by a 10-inch shot from Fort Jackson, April 19, 1862. 

Marietta, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 479 tons. Building at 
Pittsburg, Pa., 1864. 

Marigold, S., 2 guns. 115 tons. P. East Gulf Squad- 
ron. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 123 

Marine Brigade, organized by Brigadier General A. W. 
Ellet, who commanded the flotilla in the flag ship 
Autocrat. It was employed as a marine infantry 
and artillery, acting either on shore or on the rivers, 
1862-3. 

Left Greenville, Miss., for the Tennessee River, April 
5, 1863. 

Departed from Cairo, 111., April 14, 1863. 

Attacked by 700 rebels and 2 pieces of cannon under 
Colonel Woodward near Duck River. The enemy 
supposed them to be unarmed transports, and after 
a sharp engagement they fled, April 26, 1863. 

Left the Tennessee River, having inflicted much dam- 
age on the enemy, destroying numbers of flat and 
ferry boats. May 7, 1863. 

Arrived at Cairo, May 8, 1863. 

Left Cairo, May 16, 1863. 

Arrived in time to engage the enemy, who had sur- 
rounded the U. S. troops under Major Hubbard, 
and drove them off and burned the town of Austin, 
May 22, 1863. 

Departed from Helena, May 26, 1863. 

Arrived at Yicksburg, May 29, 1863. 

Destroys a rebel steam foundry at Yicksburg by 
erecting a battery opposite the city and keeping up 
a steady fire upon it, June 23 to July 2, 1863. 

The following is a list of steamers in the Mississippi 
Marine Brigade, Brigadier-General Alfred W. El- 
let commanding : 

Autocrat, Captain J. R. Crandell. 

Adams, Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Currie. 

Baltic, Major J. J. Falliday. 

Diana, Colonel Charles R. Ellet. 

Fairchild, Captain J. C. Brooks. 

John Raine, Major J. M. Hubbard. 

Woodford, hospital ship, Dr. James Roberts. 



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Mariae Corps. A battalion under Major J. G. Eeynolds 
participated in the battle of Bull Eun, July 21, 
1861. 

A battalion at the capture of Port Koyal, 'Nov. 7, 

1862. 
At Fort Sumter operations, 1863. 

Marion, Sloop of war, 8 guns. 566 tons. Built at the 
Charlestown IN'avy Yard, 1839. 
Attached to the Naval Academy, E'ewport, E. I., 
1862-4. 

Marmora, S. W., 8 guns. 207 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 
In White Eiver [see "White Eiver expedition], Aug. 
15, 1863. 

Mary Sanford, S., 3 guns. 757 tons. P. 1863. South 
Atlantic Squadron. 

Mason and Slidell, rebel ministers to England and France. 
Ean the blockade in the rebel steamer Theodora from 

Charleston, S. C, Oct. 12, 1861. 
Formally received at Havana, Cuba, Oct. 21, 1861. 
Eemoved from the British mail steamer Trent by 

order of Captain Wilkes of the San Jacinto, J^ov. 

8, 1861. 
Placed in Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Dec, 1861. 
Eeleased from Fort Warren and embarked on board 

of H. B. M. steamer Einaldo, Jan. 2, 1862. 
Arrived in England and received very coldly by the 

authorities and people, Jan. 29, 1862. 

Massachusetts, S., 5 guns. 1,155 tons. L. 219, B. 33, D. 
25. P. C. $172,500. 
Bombards Fort Twiggs on Ship Island, Miss., July 9, 
1861. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 125 

Engages the rebel steamer Florida in Mississippi 

Sound and drives her off, Oct. 19, 1861. 
Supply steamer, South Atlantic Squadron, 1863-4. 

Massasoit, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Boston, 
1863. 

Mattal)esett, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at ISTew 
York, 1863-4. 
Put in commission, April, 1864. 
Sailed from 'New York as convoy to the Onondaga, 
April 25, 1864. 

Matthew Vassar, Schooner, 3 guns. 182 tons. L. 93, B. 
27, D. 8. P. C. $7,500. 
One of the Porter mortar flotilla [see New Orleans], 

April, 1862. 
Attached to the Potomac flotilla, 1863-4. 

Maumee, S., 5 guns. 593 tons. Built at New York. 
MayHowcr, S., 2 guns. 350 tons. Building at Boston. 

Memphis, S., 7 guns. 791 tons. B. K. Captured at sea 

by the gunboat Magnolia, July 31, 1863. 
Purchased by the !Navy Department and converted 

into a gunboat, 1863. 
Attacks the rebel iron-clad rams ofl' Charleston Bar, 

S. C. [see Iron-clad Paid off Charleston, S. C], 

June 31, 1863. 

Memphis, Tenn. Shelby Co, is situated on an elevated 
bluft' on the left bank of the Mississippi Piver, at the 
head of ship navigation, immediately below the mouth 
of the Wolf Piver. It is built on the site of Fort 
Assumption. It is 790 miles, by course of the river, 
from New Orleans, and 240 miles below the junction 
of the Mississippi and Ohio Pivers. It was protected 
by batteries and the rebel gunboats General Beure- 
gard (blowi^up). Little Pebel (captured), Yan Dorn 



126 HAND-BOOK OF 

(escaped), General Lovell (sunk), Jeff. Thompson 
(blown up), General S. Price (captured), Sumter (cap- 
tured), and General Bragg (captured). The Union 
flotilla which captured Memphis and engaged the 
rebel flotilla and used it up, consisted of the gunboats 
Benton (flag ship), Louisville, Carondelet, Cairo, St. 
Louis, rams Queen of the West, Monarch, and Lan- 
caster JSTo. 3, June 6, 1862. 

Wendota, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at ISTew York. 
Launched, Jan. 31, 1863. 

Mercidita, S., 9 guns. 1,021 tons. L. 182, B. 30, D. 15. 

P. C. $100,000. 

Went in commission at Brooklyn ISTavy Yard, Dec. 5, 
186L 

Sends a boat expedition to Apalachicola, Fla., wd)o 
find the place deserted. They destroy the battery 
at St. Yincents, Fla., March 24, 1862. 

Sends boats in company with those from the Saga- 
more to the city of Apalachicola, Fla., and burns 
three schooners and captures two sloops loaded wdth 
cotton, April 3, 1862. 

Attacked by two rebel iron-clad rams off Charleston 
Bar, S. C, at 4.25 a. m. During the action a shot 
from the enemy pierced her condenser and the 
steam drum of the port boiler. Slie was rammed 
twice, and ordered to surrender. Lieut. Comman- 
der Abbot, her executive oflicer, w^ent on board j 
one of the rams and surrendered the vessel ; but j 
owing to the presence of the increasing Union I 
squadron, the Mercidita could not be towed into 
Charleston harbor as a prize. She lost 3 killed and 
4 wounded [see Iron-clad Kaid off Charleston, S. 
C], Jan. 31, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 127 

Mercury, 2 guns. 187 tons. L. 121, B. 22, D. 7. P. 

C. 820,000. 
At tlie capture of Port Kojal [see Port Eojal, S. C], 

IN'ov. 7, 1862. 
After long and arduous service her bottom dropped 

out in Port Royal harbor. The engines were saved 

and shipped to the E"ew York Yard, where a new 

hull was built for them, 1863, 
"ISTo. 2" launched, Sept. 11, 1863. 

Merrimac, S. W., 6 guns. 681 tons. B. R. Captured 

by the Iroquois near I^ew Inlet, ]^. C, July 21, 
1863. 
Fitted at ^ew York, 1863-4. 

Mcrrimac, S., 50 guns. 3,200 tons. Scuttled at the Gos- 

port JSTavy Yard, April 20, 1861. 
She was raised by the rebels and converted into an 

iron-clad, 1861-2. 
(Rebel iron-clad). Made her first appearance in her 

new rig and under her new flag, March, 1862. 

Merrimac Fight. On Saturday, the 8th of March, 1862, 
at 12.45 p. M., three small steamers in appearance 
were discovered rounding Sewall's Point, and as they 
came in full broadside view one of them was recog- 
nized as the iron-plated steam battery Merrimac from 
the large size of her smoke pipe. They were heading 
for Newport ISTews, and in obedience to a signal all 
hands were called upon the Union vessels and imme- 
diate preparations made for an engagement with her. 
While passing Sewall's Point, the rebels there opened 
fire upon the Congress and Cumberland from a rifle 
battery. The fire was returned by the Union vessels 
with broadside guns and forecastle pivots. The Min- 
nesota steamed up to within about one and a half 
miles of ^tTewport News, when she grounded. The 



128 HAND-BOOK OF 

tide was running ebb, and altliougli in the channel 
there was not sufficient w^ater for her, as she drew 
twenty-eight feet, and the bottom soft and himpy, it 
was impossible to force the ship over. At this time 
the Merriraac had passed the frigate Congress and 
run into the sloop of war Cumberland, and fifteen 
minutes later the latter went down by the head. 
About 2.30 p. M. the Merrimac engaged the Congress, 
throwing shot and shell into her with terrific effect, 
while the shot from the Congress glanced from her 
iron-plated sloping sides without doing any apparent 
damage. At 3.30 p. m. the Congress was obliged to 
haul down her colors. At 4 p. m. the Merrimac and 
rebel gunboats Jamestown and Patrick Henry bore 
down upon the Minnesota. The iron battery drew so 
much water that it could not come within a mile of 
her. She took a position on the starboard bow, but 
did not fire with accuracy, and the shot only passed 
through the ship's bow. The Merrimac was fired 
upon with a pivot 10-incli gun without apparent ef- 
fect, and at 7 p. m. she too hauled off", and all three 
vessels steamed towards Norfolk. From 10 p. m. until 
4 A. M. all hands were at work with steamtugs and haw- 
sers endeavoring to haul the Minnesota oft* the bank, 
but with no avail. Operations were suspended until 
another tide. At 2 a. m., 9th of March, the iron battery 
Monitor, Commander John L. "VVorden, which had ar- 
rived the evening previous at Hampton Roads, went 
alongside of the fiag ship and reported for duty. At 
6 A. M. the enemy appeared again coming down from 
Craney Island. They ran past the flag ship and were 
heading for Fortress Monroe. The Merrimac ran near 
theRipEaps, and then turned into the channel through 
which the Minnesota had to come. Again all hands 
were called and another attack made when she ap- 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 129 

proached within a mile of the Monitor. She imme- 
diately ran right within range of the Merrimac, com- 
pletely covering the Minnesota, as far as it was possible 
with her small dimensions, and laid herself right along- 
side of the Merrimac. Gun after gnn was fired by the 
Monitor, which was returned w^ith whole broadsides 
from the rebels with no effect. The Merrimac, finding 
she could make nothing of the Monitor, commenced 
again upon the Minnesota. In the morning she had put 
an 11-inch shot under the Minnesota's counter, near 
the water line, and now on her second approach the 
Minnesota opened upon her with all her broadside 
guns and 10-inch pivot — a broadside which would 
have blown out of water any timber built ship in the 
world. She returned the fire of the Minnesota with 
her rifled bow gun, w^ith a shell that passed through 
the chief engineer's state room, through the engineers' 
mess room amidships, and burst in the boatswain's 
room, tearing four rooms all into one in its passage, 
and exploding two charges of powder, which set the 
ship on fire ; but it was promptly extinguished by a 
party headed by the first lieutenant. Her second 
shell went through the boiler of the tug boat 
Dragon, exploding it and causing some consternation 
on board of the Minnesota for the moment, until the 
matter was explained. This time the Minnesota had 
concentrated upon the Merrimac an incessant fire from 
her gun deck, spar deck, and forecastle pivot guns, 
and at least fifty solid shot struck the rebel on her 
slanting side without producing any apparent effect. 
By the time she had fired her third shell the little 
Monitor had come down upon her, placing herself be- 
tween the Minnesota and Merrimac, and compelled 
her to change her position. In doing so she grounded, 
and again the Minnesota poured in upon her all the 



130 HAND-EOOK OF 

guns could be brought to bear upon her. As soon as 
she got off she stood down the bay, the Monitor 
chasing her with all speed ; when suddenly the Mer- 
riinac turned around and ran full speed into her an- 
tagonist. For a moment some anxiety was felt, but 
instantly a shot was seen to plunge into the iron roof 
of the Merrimac, which damaged her considerably. 
For some time after this the rebels concentrated 
their whole battery upon the tower and pilot house 
of the Monitor, and soon after the latter stood down 
for Fortress Monroe to extricate a shot which had 
fouled in one of her guns. Soon after the Merrimac 
and the two other steamers headed for the Minnesota, 
who lay hard and immovably aground, and they 
could take position under her stern and rake her. The 
Minnesota had expended most of her solid shot and 
was badly crippled, and her officers and men were worn 
out with fatigue ; but even in this extreme dilemma 
they were determined never to give up the ship to the 
rebels, and, after consulting the officers, the Captain 
ordered all preparations to be made to destroy the 
ship after all hope was gone of saving her. On as- 
cending the poop deck he observed that the enemy's 
vessels had changed their course and were heading for 
Craney Island. It was then determined to lighten 
the ship by throwing overboard all the 8-inch guns, 
hoisting out provisions, and starting water, etc. At 
2 p. M. they made another attemjjt to save the ship by 
the use of a number of powerful tugs and tlie steamer 
S. R. Spaulding, and succeeded in dragging her 
half a mile distant, and again she was immovable, 
the tide having fallen. At two o'clock on the 
morning of March 10th she was once more afloat 
and at anchor opposite Fortress Monroe, March 8, 9, 
1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 131 

Made her appearance in Hampton Roads in company 
with several gunboats, capturing three merchant 
vessels at anchor off Newport ITews, Ya., April 11, 
1862. 

Came out of Elizabeth Eiver cautiously, but finding 
the Monitor and fleet of gunboats ready to receive 
her, she went back to her anchorage ofl:* Craney 
Island, May 9, 1862. 

Blown up by order of her commander near Craney 
Island, on the Elizabeth Eiver, May 11, 1862. 

Metacomet, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Stack''s 
ship-yard, Williamsburg, L. I., 1863. 

Launched, March 7, 1863. 

Put in commission, Jan., 1864. 

Ran into the gunboat Tioga, damaging one of her 
paddle-wheels considerably, Feb. 2, 1864. 

Meteor, S. W. 6 guns. 221 tons. West Gulf Squadron. 

Miami, S. W., 8 guns. 730 tons. Built at the Philadel- 
phia iN'avy Yard, engines by Merrick & Sons, 
Philadelphia, 1861. 

Launched, N'ov. 16, 1861. 

One of the steam division of Porter's mortar flotilla 
[see New Orleans], April, 1862. 

At Yicksburg, June, 1862. 

Miantonomoh, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 1,564 tons. Built at the 
Brooklyn I^avy Yard, 1863. 
Launched at the Brooklyn ISTavy Yard, Aug. 15, 
1863. 

Michigan, S. W., 1 gun. 582 tons. Built at Erie, Penn., 
1844. 
On special service on the Lakes, 1864. 



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Midnight, Bark, 7 guns. 386 tons. L. 126, B. 27, D. 12.. 

P. C. $19,000. 
Name changed from Dawn. 
On the blockade. South Atlantic Squadron. 1862-4. 

Midshipman (B. H.), Porter's howitzer battery, at the at- 
tack upon Koanoke Island [see Koanoke Island, Feb. 

8, 1862. 

Mignonette, S. W., guns. 50 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 

Milliken's Bend. The enemy, 4,000 strong, attacked the 
Union Depot at Milliken's Bend, which was guarded 
by a part of the 29th Iowa Yolunteers and two col- 
ored regiments. The Lexington and Choctaw arrived 
and opened their guns upon the enemy after they had 
nearly overpowered the garrison, and drove them off 
in confusion, June 7, 1863. 

Milwaukie, Iron-clad. 4 guns. 970 tons. Built at St. 
Louis, 1863. 
Launched, Feb. 4, 1864. 

Mingoe, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Borden- 
town, K J., 1868. 
Launched, Aug. 6, 1863. 

Minnesota, S., 52 guns. 3,307 tons. Built at the Wash- 
ington IN'avy Yard, 1855. 

Captures the ship Argo from Richmond, Ya., for 
Bremen, with a cargo of tobacco. May 19, 1861. 

Flag ship at the capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark 
at Hatteras Inlet, I^. C. [see Hatteras Inlet], Aug. 
27-29, 1861. 

Arrives at New York with Confederate prisoners 
taken at Hatteras Inlet, Sept. 2, 1861. 

participates in the engagement with the Merrimac 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 133 

in Hampton Koacls [see Merrimac Fight], March 
8, 9, 1862. 

Attacks Sewall Point battery, May 8, 1862. 

Attempt by the rebels to blow her np by a torpedo 
while off ]N^ewport ISTews, which caused consider- 
able excitement on board, but doing very little 
damage to the ship, April 9, 1864. 

Minnetonka, S., 20 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not com- 
menced, engine contracted for, 1863.' 

Mississippi, S. ^Y., 13 guns. 1,692 tons. Built at Phila- 
delphia, 184:1. 

Machinery having been tampered with by disloyal 
parties, she was obliged to return to the Boston 
Navy Yard for repairs. May 23, 1861. 

Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip [see 
ISTew Orleans], April 24, 1862. 

Destroys the rebel ram Manassas at daylight on the 
morning of April 24, 1862. 

Grounded in passing the Port Hudson batteries, and 
was burned by her officers to prevent her falling 
into rebel hands, March 14, 1863. 

Mississippi River Flotilla [now Squadron] was organized by 
Captain (late Admiral) A. H. Foote, U. S. K, 1861. 
Employed in keeping open the Mississippi, Cumber- 
land, and Tennessee Pivers and convoying trans- 
ports during 1861-4. 

Mississippi River (^unboat Divisions. From ISlew Orleans 
to Donaldsonville wiir constitute the First District. 

From Donaldsonville to Ked Kiver, the Second 
District. 

From Ked Piver to N'atchez, the Third District. 

From Natchez to Yicksburg, the Fourth District. 

From Yicksburg to White Piver, the Fifth District. 

From White Piver to Cairo, the Sixth District. 



134: HAND-BOOK OF 

From Cairo to liead of Tennessee River, the Seventh 

District. 
From Cumberland River to its source, and the Upper 

Ohio, the Eighth District. 

Mississippi Squadron. The names of vessels belonging to 
the different Districts : 

First District. — Essex, General Price, Little Rebel. 

Second District. — Lafayette, Kenwood, Signal, 
Neosho. 

Third District. — Choctaw, Osage, Manitou, Cham- 
pion, Lexington, Chillicothe. 

Fourth District. — Benton, Curlew, Rattler, Pitts- 
burg, Carondelet, Forest Rose, Argosy. 

Fifth District. — Louisville, Conestoga, Great Wes- 
tern, Torrence, Mound City, Gen. Bragg, Marmora, 
Cricket, Romeo, Prairie Bird, Petrel. 

Sixth District. — Eastport, Tylor, Silver Cloud, Hast- 
ings, Queen City, Covington, Juliet, Linden, New 
Era, Naumkeag, Paw Paw, Peasta, Fawn. 

Seventh District. — Exchange, Key West, Tawah, 
St. Clair. ' 

Eighth District. — Brilliant, Fair Play, Reindeer, 
Springfield, Silver Lake, Yictory, Moose. 

Mistletoe, S. W., guns. 50 tons. Tender Mississippi 
Squadron, 1863. 

Modoc, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Green- 
point, L. I., by J. S. Underbill, 1863-4. 

Mohawk, S., 9 guns. 459 tons. P. Built at Philadel- 
phia, 1858. 
Mohican, S., 7 guns. 459 tons. Built at Kittery, Me., 
1858. 
Launched, 1859. 

At the capture of Port Royal [see Port Royal, S. C], 
JSTov. 7, 1861. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 135 

Flag ship at tlie capture of Fernandina, Fla. [see 

Fernandina, Fla.], March 4, 1862. 
Yisits Brunswick, Ga., March 9, 1862. 
On special service in search of privateers, 1863-4. 
Chases the rebel bark Fanny Crenshaw out of the 

harbor of Rio Janeiro, Sept. 12, 1863. 
Arrives at Philadelphia, April 15, 1864. 
Arrives at E'ew York, April 23, 1864. 

Mohongo, S. W., 10 guns. 1,030 tons. Built by Secor 
& Co., Jersey City, 1863-4. 

RIonadnock, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 1,564 tons. Building at 
the Boston ISTavy Yard, 1862-4. 
Launched, March 23, 1864. 

Mondamin, S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Engines contracted for, 1863. 

Monitor, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 776 tons. Built for John 
Ericsson by T. F. Rowland, Continental Iron 
Works, Greenpoint, L. I., 1861. 

Launched, Jan. 30, 1862. 

Arrived at Hampton Roads at 9 p. m., March 8, 1862. 

Got under way at 8 a. m., and went to quarters. 
8.45, opened fire on the Merrimac. 11.30, Lieu- 
tenant (now Captain) John Lorimer Worden was 
injured in the eyes, while in the pilot house, by the 
exploding of a shell on one of the " peep holes" of 
the pilot house. Lieut. S. D. Greene then took 
charge of the vessel until 12 m., when the Merri- 
mac retreated to Sewall's Point, Ya. [see Merrimac 
Fight], March 9, 1862. 

Attacks Sewall's Point battery, and holds the Merri- 
mac in check, May 8, 1862. 

Attacks Fort Darling [see Fort Darling], May 15, 
1862. 

At City Point, Ya., June 15, 1862. 



136 HAND-BOOKOF 

Left Hampton Eoads in tow of the United States 
steamer Ehode Island on the 29th of December, 
1862, at 2.30 p. m. Wind light at S. W., weather 
clear and pleasant, and every prospect of its con- 
tinuation. Passed Cape Henry at 6 p. m., water 
smooth and everything working well. During the 
night the weather continued the same. At 5 a. m., 
Dec. 30, she began to experience a swell from the 
southward, with a slight increase of the wind from 
the southwest, the sea breaking over the pilot house 
forward and striking the base of the tower ; but not 
with sufficient force to break over it. Found that 
the packing o£ oakum under and around the base 
of the tower had loosened a little from the work- 
ing of the tower as the vessel pitched and rolled. 
Speed at tiiis time about ^we knots. Ascertained 
from the engineer of the watch that the bilge 
pumps kept her perfectly free, occasionally sucking. 
Felt no apprehension at the time. The weather 
during the day and until 6 p. m. was variable, with 
occasional squalls of wind and rain, and towards 
evening the swell somewhat decreased, the bilge 
pumps being found amply sufficient to keep her 
clear of the water that penetrated through the sight 
hole of the pilot house, hawser hole, and base of 
tower, all of w^hicli had been well caulked previous 
to leaving. 

At 7.30 the wind hauled round to the south, increas- 
ing in strength and causing the sea to rise. Com- 
puted position at this time, about fifteen miles 
south of Cape Hatteras Shoals. Found the vessel 
towed badly, yawing very much, and with the in- 
creased motion making somewhat more water 
around the base of the tower. The engineer was 
ordered to put on the Worthington pump bilge in- 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 137 

jection, and get the centrifugal pump ready, and 
report immediately if there was any increase of 
water. At about 8 p. m. the sea began to rapidly 
rise, causing the vessel to plunge heavily, com- 
pletely submerging the pilot house and washing 
over and into the turret, and at times into the 
blower pipes. It was observed that when she rose 
to the swell the flat under surface of the projecting 
armor would come down with great force, causing 
a considerable shock to the vessel and turret, 
thereby loosening still more the packing around its 
base. The Ehode Island was signalled several 
times to stop, that they might ascertain if by so 
doing she would ride easier, or decrease the influx 
of water ; but no difference could be perceived, 
the vessel falling oif immediately into the trough 
of the sea, and rolling heavily. The engineer at 
this time reported it would be necessary to start 
the centrifugal pump, as the others failed to keep 
the water under. He w^as ordered to do so im- 
mediately, and report the effect. The engineer re- 
ported that the pumps were all working well, but 
produced no effect upon the water, which had by 
this time risen several inches above the level of the 
engine-room floor. About 10.30 p. m., having given 
the pumps a fair trial and finding the water gain- 
ing rapidly upon them, the signal of "distress" was 
given and immediately answered by the Rhode 
Island. The Monitor was ranged up close to her 
and reported that the water was fast gaining on 
her, and requested the commander of the Rhode 
Island to send boats to take oft' the crew. Finding 
that the heavy stream cable used to tow the Moni- 
tor rendered the vessel unmanageable»while hang- 
ing slack to her bow, and being under the absolute 



138 HAND-BOOK OF 

necessity of working the engines to keep the pumps 
going, it was ordered to be cut, and she ran down 
close under the lee of the Rhode Island, at times 
almost touching her. "Water continued to gain on 
the pumps, and was now about up to the ash pits. 
Two boats reached them from the Rhode Island, 
when Lieut. Greene was ordered to put as many 
men into them as they could safely carry. "While 
getting the men into the boats the vessels touched 
slightly, nearly crushing the boat and endangering 
the Rhode Island herself, as the sharp bow and 
sides of the Monitor would undoubtedly have stove 
her near the water's edge had she struck upon her 
heavily. The Rhode Island steamed slightly ahead, 
and the vessels separated a short distance. At 
11.30 A. M., Dec. 31, the engines of the Monitor were 
working slowly, and all the pumps in full play, but 
water gaining rapidly, sea very heavy and breaking 
entirely over the vessel, rendering it extremely haz- 
ardous to leave the turret ; in fact, several men 
were supposed to have been washed overboard at 
this time. While waiting for the boats to return, 
the engineer reported that the engines had ceased 
to work and shortly after all the pumps had ceased 
to work also, the water putting out all the fires and 
leaving no pressure of steam. A bailing party had 
been previously organized, not so much with any 
hope of diminishing the water, but more as an oc- 
cupation for the men. The engine being stopped 
and no longer being able to keep the vessel head to 
sea, she having fallen off into the trough and roll- 
ing so heavily as to render it impossible for boats 
to approach, her anchor was let go and also the 
chaiif given her, in hopes that it might bring her 
np. Fortunately it did so, and she once more 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 139 

swung around head to wind. By this time finding 
the vessel filling rapidly and the deck on a level 
with the water, all men on board were ordered to 
leave the turret and endeavor to get into the two 
boats which were then approaching. There were 
then about twenty or thirty men on board. The 
boats approached very cautiously, as the sea was 
breaking upon the now submerged deck with great 
violence, and washing several men overboard, one 
of whom was afterwards picked up by the boats. 
The painter of one of the boats was secured, and 
as many as could got into her, and by the use of 
its oars was prevented from striking the side. 
There were several men left upon and in the tur- 
ret, who, either stupefied by fear or fearful of being 
washed overboard in the attempt to reach the 
boats, would not come down, and were supposed to 
have gone down in the vessel. The heavy, slug- 
gish motion of the Monitor gave evidence that she 
could float but a short time longer, and shortly 
after they reached the Rhode Island she disap- 
peared. Captain Trenchard was untiring in his 
efforts to rescue the crew of the Monitor. Uj^on 
mustering the oflicers and crew on board the Rhode 
Island, four oflicers and twelve men were found to 
be missing. Several were afterwards picked up in 
a boat at sea, Dec. 31, 1863. 

Monocacy, S. "W., 10 guns. 1,030 tons. Built at Balti- 
more, 1863-4. 

Monon^ahela, S., 12 guns. 1,378 tons. Built at the 
Philadelphia Navy Yard, engines by Merrick & 
Sons, Philadelphia, 1861. 
Launched, July 10, 1862. 

Attempts the passage of the Port Hudson batteries 
[see Port Hudson], March 14, 1863. 



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Attacked by a rebel field battery below Donaldson 
ville, La. Commander Abner Eead, her command- 
ing officer, killed, July 7, 1863. 

Is towed down the river by tlie Essex with the l^ew 
London, the latter vessel being disabled, July 10, 
1863. 

Montauk, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844: tons. Built by T. F. 

Rowland at the Continental Iron "Works, Green- 

point, L. L, 1862. 
Launched, 1862. 
Left Sandy Hook, ]N. Y., for Fortress Monroe, Dec. 

24, 1862. 
Arrived at Fortress Monroe, Dec. 29, 1862. 
Leaves Beaufort, N. C, for Port Royal, Jan. 17, 

1863. 
Arrives at Port Royal, Jan. 19, 1863. 
Sailed for Ossibaw Sound in tow of the James Ad- 

ger, Jan. 24, 1863. 
Attacks Fort McAllister, Ga. [see Fort McAllister], 

Jan. 27, 1863. 
Attacks Fort McAllister second time, Feb. 1, 1863. 
Destroys the privateer J^ashville lying above Fort 

McAllister, on the Ogeechee River, Ga., Feb. 28, 

1863. 
A torpedo explodes under her bottom while returning 

from the destruction of the ISTashville, Feb. 28, 1863. 
The attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort Sumter], 

April 7, 1863. 
Attacks the Morris Island batteries, July 10, 1863. 
Flag ship in the attack upon Fort Wagner [see Fort 

Wagner], July 18, 1863. 
At Fort "Wagner [see Fort Sumter, second attack], 

Aug. 17, 1863. 
Participates in the attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort 

Sumter, night attack], Aug. 23, 1863. 



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Monterey, S., 1 gun. 87 tons. P. San Francisco, Cal., 
1863. 

Montgomery, S., 6 guns. Y87 tons. L. 201, B. 28, D, 

19. P. C. $90,000. 
Sends a boat expedition to St. Louis Pass, Texas, and 

destroys the schooner Columbia of Galveston, 

Texas, April 5, 1862. 
Captures the iron steamer Caroline, B. P., Oct. 28, 

1862. 

Monticello, S., 7 guns. 655 tons. L. 175, B. 28, D. 16. 

P. C. $71,000. 

At Hatteras Inlet and capture of Forts Hatteras and 
Clark [see Hatteras Inlet], Aug. 29, 1861. 

Shells the rebels at Kinekset, Chicocomico, near Hat- 
teras Inlet [see Chicocomico], Oct. 5, 1861. 

Attacked by Fort Caswell, N. C, while firing at a 
blockade runner on the beach, Feb. 23, 1863. 

Sailed from Philadelphia iJ^avy Yard, Feb. 2, 1861. 

Moose, S. "W., 6 guns. 189 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
Chases and attacks the guerilla band under Morgan, 
near Bluffington Island, Ind., July 19, 1863. 

Morgan's Raidt The guerilla chief Morgan 'made a raid 
into Indiana, and was pursued along the river and 
his forces terribly cut up by the gunboats Moose, 
Alleghany Belle, Eeindeer, Naumkeag, and Spring- 
field at Bluffington Island, Ind. The operations were 
under command of Commander Le Poy Fitch, 
U. S. K, July 19, 1863. 

Morning Light, Ship, 8 guns. 937 tons. L. 172, B. 31, 
D. 17. P. C. $37,500. 
Sends three boats, who destroy the salt works at Ce- 
dar Lake, Texas. During the operation a mounted 
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and killing one, and wounding five others. The 
ship opened fire npon the rebels and drove them 
ofi", ISTov. 27, 1862. 

And schooner Telocity captured by a flotilla of cot- 
ton-clad steamers, while becalmed at Sabine Pass, 
Texas, Jan. 21, 1863. 

Destroyed by the rebels on approach of the Union 
gunboats who had been sent down to retake her, 
Jan. 22, 1863. 

Morris, Commodore H. "W., died at 'New York, Aug. 15, 

1863. 

Morris Island. The operations of General Gilmore and 
Admiral Dahlgren for the occupation of the island 
was accomplished on the part of the navy, in cover- 
ing the advance of the TJ. S. troops, by the Catskill 
(flag ship), Montauk, Nahant, and Weehawken, who 
crossed the bar at 4 a. m., and as soon as they could 
get within range opened their fire upon the advance 
works of the enemy, July 10, 1863. 

Morse, S. W., 6 guns. 613 tons. L. 143, B. 33, D. 12. 

P. C. $40,000. (Name changed from Marion.) 
Attacks Roanoke Island, E". C. [seePoanoke Island], 

Feb. 7, 1862. 
At Elizabeth City, N. C. [see Elizabeth City], Feb. 

10, 1862. 
At Winton, N. C. [see Winton, I^. C], Feb. 19, 

1862. 
At J^ewbern, K C. [see Newbern], March 14, 1862. 
Assists in covering the embarkation of U. S. troops 

at the evacuation of West Point, Ya., June 1, 1863. 

Mortar Flotilla (Porter's), organized at ISTew York, winter 
of 1861-2. It was composed of the following ves- 
sels : — 



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THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 143 

Steam Division. Harriet Lane (flag ship), Clifton, 
Westfield, J. P. Jackson, Owasco, Miami, Uncas. 

FiEST Division mortar vessels. Blue pennant. 
J^o. 1. Norfolk Packet (flag ship). 
" 2. Arietta. 
" 3. Sophrona. 
'* 4. Para. 
^' 5. C. P. "Williams. 
" 6. O. H. Lee. 
" 1. W. Bacon. 

Second Division mortar vessels. Ped pennant. 
'Eo. 8. T. A. Ward (flag ship). 
" 9. A. Hngel. 
" 10. M. Yassar. 
" 11. G. Mangham. 
" 12. M. J. Carlton. 
" 13. S. C. Jones. 
" 14. Orvetta. 

Thied Division mortar vessels. White Pennant. 
ISTo. 15. H. Beals, Barkentine (flag ship). 
" 16. J. Grifiith. 
" 17. Kacer. 
" 18. S. Bruen. 
'' 19. H. Janes. 
" 20. Dan Smith. 
" 21. Sea Foam (brig). 
" 22. A. Houghton, Bark, Ordnance vessel. 

Bombards Ports Jackson and St. Philip [see Kew Or- 
leans], from April 16 to 25, 1862. 

Penshaw's division operates with Admiral Farragut 
and bombards the Yicksburg batteries and ram 
Arkansas at the levee, July 22, 1862. 

Aids in the investment of Port Hudson by General 
Banks, May 23, 1863. 



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Mosholu, S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Engines contracted for, 1863. 

I^Iound City, Iron-clad, 14 guns. 512 tons. 

Engages tlie rebel gunboats at Fort Pillow, May 10, 
1862. 

At Charles City, Ark., a shot penetrated lier steam 
drum. Eighty-two of her crew were killed in- 
stantly, forty-three were killed in the water or 
drowned, and twenty-five severely wounded or 
scalded. Only three officers and twenty-two men 
of her crew escaped injury, June 17, 1862. 

Runs the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 
fleet], April 16, 1863. 

At the capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, 1863, 

Destroys a rebel battery atWarrenton, Miss., May 10, 
1863. 

Attacks Yicksburg batteries [see Yicksburg], May 22, | 
1863. 

Again attacks the batteries at Yicksburg, May 27, j 
1863. 

Makes an attack upon Yicksburg batteries, June 22, | 
1863. 

Attacks and disperses a band of guerillias under the 
notorious guerilla chief MclSTail near Providence, 
Miss., Aug. 7, 1863. 

Mount Vernon, S., 5 guns. 625 tons. L. 168, B. 28, D. 
15. P. C. $71,000. 
Sends her gig, manned by six men under the com- 
mand of Acting Master Henry L. Sturgis, and the 
1st cutter, in command of Acting Master Alick 
Allen, who destroyed the light ship formerly sta- 
tioned off Frying Pan Shoals, N". C, which was 
being converted into a floating battery to carry 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 145 

eight guns. It was a daring act, and snccessfully 
performed, Dec. 29, 1861. 

Attacks SewalFs Point battery, Va., May 8, 1862. 

Aided by the James Adger and Iroquois, succeeds in 
cutting out the blockade runner Kate, which had 
been driven ashore by the Penobscot, and subse- 
quently floated off by the rebels and anchored un- 
der the guns of the E'ew Inlet batteries, Aug. 1, 
1863. 

Mount Washington, S. "W., 5 guns. 500 tons. 

At the Nansemond Eiver operations, April 14, 1863. 

Muscoota, S. "W., 10 guns. 1,030 tons. 

MusquitO Inlet, Fla. An expedition was sent into the In- 
let to annoy the enemy. Lieutenant Commanding 
Budd of the Penguin, and Acting Master Command- 
ing Mather of the Henry Andrew, and several of the 
crews of both vessels, were killed, March 21, 1862. 

Myrtle, S. W., guns. 50 tons. Mississippi Squadron, 
1863. 

Mystic, S., 7 guns. 541 tons. P. 1858. 

Assists in covering the embarkation of U. S. troops 
at the evacuation of West Point, Ya., June 1, 1863. 



N. 

Nahant, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844 tons. Built in Boston, 

1862. 
Left ISTew York for Port Eoyal, S. C, Jan. 18, 1863. 
Arrived at Hampton Roads, Jan. 24, 1863. 
Attacks Fort McAllis1?er, Ga., March 3, 1863. 
In the attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort Sumter], 

April 7, 1863. 

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146 HAND-BOOKOF 

Present at the capture of the rebel iron-clad ram At- 
lanta in Warsaw Sound, Ga., by the "Weehawken, 
June 17, 1863. 

Attacks the Morris Island batteries, July 10, 1863. 

Attacks Fort Wagner [see Fort Sumter, second at- 
tack], Aug. IT, 1863. 

Participates in the attack upon Fort Sumter by night 
[see Fort Sumter, night attack], Aug. 23, 1863. 

Nanscmond, S. W., 4 guns. 340 tons. P. at Baltimore, 
July 30, 1863. Name changed from James F. 
Freeborn, engines by Fletcher Harrison & Co., 
N. Y. 

Put in commission, Aug. 17, 1863. 

Joined the Wilmington blockade, Aug. 24, 1863. 

Destroys the Duoro, B. E., Oct. 11, 1863. 

Destroys the blockade runner Yenus from ISTassau to 
Wilmington, capturing her captain and twenty- 
two of her officers and crew, Oct. 21, 1863. 

Nantucket, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844 tons. Built in Bos- 
ton, 1862. 

Left New York for Port Koyal, S. C, March 9, 1863. 

In the attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort Sumter], 
April 7, 1863. 

Attacks Fort Wagner [see Fort Wagner], July 18, 
1863. 

Napa, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Wil- 
mington, Del. 

Narcissus, S., 2 guns. 101 tons. P. Fitted at New 
York for West Gulf Squadron, 1864. 
Sailed from New York, Feb. 2, 1864. 
Narragansctt, S., 6 guns. 809 tons. Built at Boston, 
1858. 
Attached to the Pacific Squadron during the war, 
1861-4. 



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National Guard, Ship, 4 guns. 1,046 tons. L. 162, B. 
37, D. 18. P. a $35,000. 
Coal ship of the West India Squadron at Cape Hay- 
tien, 1863-4. 

IVaubnc, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Built by William 
Ferine at Williamsburg, N. Y., 1863-4. 

Naugatuck, S., 1 gun. 100 tons. (Kevenue vessel.) At 
the attack upon Fort Darling burst her rifle [see Fort 
Darling], May 15, 1862. 

Naumkeag, S. W., 6 guns. 250 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 

Naiisctt, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at East 

Boston. 

Naval Academy. The grounds of the ISTaval Academy at 
Annapolis, Md., converted into a military camp by 
orders of Major General B. F. Butler, April 25, 1861 . 

Naval Battery [Port Hudson], commanded by Lieutenant 
Commander Edward Terry of the Richmond, 
commenced operations. May 30, 1863. 
Unmasked the battery at 11 a. m., and opened fire, 

June 11, 1863. 
Continued firing June 11th, 12th, 13th (all night) ; 
14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, no firing, flag of truce. 
18th, resumed fire, whicli was continued until the 
close of the investment, July 10, 1863. 

Navy Department. 

Secretary, Gideon Welles. 
Assistant Secretary, Gustavus Y. Fox. 
Chief Clerk, W. Faxon. 

Clerk and Disbursing Clerk, Wm. Plume Moran. 
Clerks, Geo. S. Watkins, John W. Hogg, Walter S. 
McISTairy, Francis H. Stickney, Holmes E. Ofiley, 



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Chas. p. Thompson, Henry H. Tilly, Chas. Faxon, 
Chas. R. Knowles, George Alvord, Jas. A. Sample, 
Silas P. Wrisley, Jesse E. Dow, Elisha Kisley. 

Messenger, Harrison S. Bowen. 

Assistant Messenger, Lindsay Mnse. 

Neosho, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 523 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 
Built at St. Louis. Launched, Feb. 18, 1863. 
Arrived at Yicksburg, Aug. 6, 1863. 

Neptune, S., 11 guns. 1,244 tons. Purchased from the 

. l^eptune S. S. Co., 1863. 
Put in commission at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Dec. 19, 

1863. 
Sailed, Jan. 9, 1864. 

Keturned to repair engines, Jan. 19, 1864. 
Sailed, Feb., 1864. 

Nereus, S., 11 guns. 1,244 tons. Purchased from the 
]:^eptune S. S. Co., K T., 1863. 
Put in commission at Brooklyn Navy Yard, April 
11, 1864. 

Neshaminy, S., 10 guns. 3,200 tons. Building at the 
Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1864. 

Nettle, S. W., guns. -50 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Neusc River Expedition was planned to co-operate with 
. the forces under General J. G. Foster in his advance 
npon the rebel fortifications at Kinston, N. C, and 
the railroad at or near Goldsborongh, N. C. The 
expedition consisted of the following vessels : (navy) 
Delaware, Shawsheen, J. L. Lock wood, and J. N. 
Seymour, (army) Ocean Wave, Allison, Port Eoyal, 
Wilson, and North Stj\te. They left Newbern on the 
12th of Dec, 1862. The operations lasted until Dec. 
22, 1862. 



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Newbern, S., 6 guns. 948 tons. Built by C. & K. Poil- 
lon, engines by Delamater Iron Works, l^ame 
changed from United States. P. 1863. 

Before slie was purchased by the Navy Department 
she made a cruise in search of the Tacony (rebel 
privateer), 1863. 

Armed and commissioned as the supply vessel for the 
l^orth Atlantic Squadron, 1863. 
Newbcrn, N". C, port of entry, and capital of Craven Co., 
E". C, situated on the S. W. bank of the :N'euse 
Eiver, at the junction of the Trent Eiver, thirty 
miles above Pamlico Sound. It was for some time 
the capital of the State. The combined forces of 
the army and navy captured it, after a short invest- 
ment. The navy was represented by the following 
vessels : Philadelphia, flag ship of Commander 
S. C. Kowan, U. S. N., Stars and Stripes, Louisiana, 
IIet?el,T)elaware, Commodore Perry, Yalley City, 
Underwriter, Commodore Barney, Hunchback, 
Southfield, Morse, Henry Brincker, and J. L. 
Lock wood. 

On the 13th of March, 1862, at 8 a. m., the gunboats 
shelled the woods in the vicinity of the proposed 
place of landing, and then took up stations along 
shore to protect tlie landing and advance of the 
U. S. troops. At 9.30 a. m. the troops commenced 
landino;, and at the same time six naval boat how- 
itzers, w^ith their crews under .the command of 
Lieut. R. S. McCook, were sent on shore to assist 
the land forces. At 4.15 p. m. the enemy opened 
fire on the gunboats, which was promptly returned. 
At sundown the firing ceased. 

At 6.30 A. M. the following day (Friday) the fleet and 
troops advanced and found the lower batteries had 
been abandoned. A boat was sent from one of the 



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naval vessels, whose crew hoisted the stars and 
stripes over them. The upper batteries, liowever, 
continued their fire. One magazine in a battery 
was exploded by the gunboats' shells. During the 
day the rebels were driven out of their works, two 
small steamers captured, and another burned. The 
Union forces took possession, March 14, 1862. 

New Era, S. W., 6 guns. 157 tons. Mississij)pi Squad- 
ron. 

IVcw Hampshire; Ship, 10 guns. 2,633 tons. (Name 
changed from Alabama, 8-1 guns.) Built at Kit- 
tery. Me., 1818. 

Launched at Kittery ISTavy Yard, Jan. 23, 1861. 

Fitting as a store ship at Portsmouth, IST. TI., 1861. 

Mw Ironsides, Iron-clad, 20 guns. 3,486 tons. Built at 

PhiLadelphia by Merrick & Sons. C. $780,000. 

1861-2. 
Launched, May 10, 1862. 
Arrived at Port Poyal, Jan., 1863. 
Flag ship of the attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort 

Sumter], April 7, 1863. 
In the attack upon Fort Wagner [see Fort "Wagner], 

July 18, 1863. 
At Fort Wagner [see Fort Sumter, second attack], 

Aug. 17, 1863. 
Engages Fort Wagner the whole day, Sept. 6, 1863. 
Fires 150 shells at Fort Moultrie, Sept. 7, 1863. 
Fires 483 shells at Fort Moultrie, Sept. 8, 1863. 
The rebel torpedo vessel Davis attempts to blow her 

up while at anchor in Charleston harbor at 9 p. m. 

The torpedo vessel was sunk by the concussion, and 

the crew made prisoners. The 'New Ironsides was 

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IVew London, S., 5 guns. 221 tons. L. 125, B. 25, D. 7. 
P. C. $30,000. 

"With the De Soto attacks two rebel gunboats in Mis- 
sissippi Sound, Dec. 7, 1861. 

Attacked by the rebel gunboats Oregon and Pamlico 
at Pass Cliristian. They were driven off after an 
engagement lasting one hour and fifty minutes, 
March 25, 1862. 

Capture Biloxi, Miss., April 2, 1862. 

Engages, in company with the J. P. Jackson and 
transport Lewis, the rebel steamers Oregon, Pam- 
lico, and Carondelet ; subsequently the U. S. gun- 
boat Hatteras joined in the action. The rebel 
steamer P. C. Wallis was captured, and the enemy's 
gunboats driven off, April 4, 1862. 

Skirmishes with the enemy at Sabine Pass, Texas. 
Commander Abnor Kead seriously wounded in the 
eye, April 18, 1863. 

Attacked by two field-batteries twelve miles below 
Donaldsonville. The 'New London was in com- 
* mand of Lieut. Commander Perkins. Commander 
A. Kead, formerly of the ship, was mortally 
wounded on board of the Monongahela during the 
same engagement, July 7, 1863. 

Disabled and towed down the river by the Essex and 
Monongahela, July 10, 1863. 

New National, S. ^Y., 1 gun.' 379 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. 
At Yazoo City [see Yazoo City], July 18, 1863. 

New Orleans, Ship, 81 guns. 2,805 tons. Built at 
Sackett's Harbor, I^. Y., 1815. She still remains on 
the stocks, 1864. 

New Orleans City, parish of Orleans, Louisiana, 105 miles 
from the mouth of the Mississippi river. On the 23d 



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of March, 1862, Flag Officer Farragut had made all 
arrangements for the attack on and passage of Forts 
Jackson and St. Philip. Every vessel was as well 
prepared as the ingenuity of her officers could 
suggest, both for the preservation of life and of the 
vessel; and, perhaps, there is not on record such a 
display of ingenuity as has been evinced in this 
little squadron. The first was by the engineer of the 
Eichmond, Mr. Moore, by suggesting that the sheet 
cables be stopped up and down on the sides in the 
line of the engines, which was immediately adopted 
by all the vessels. Then each commander made his 
own arrangements for stopping the shot from pene- 
trating the boilers or machinery that might come in 
forward or abaft, by hammocks, coal, bags of ashes, 
bags of sand, clothes bags, and, in fact, every device 
imaginable. The bulwarks were lined with ham- 
mocks by some, by splinter netting, made with ropes, 
by others. Some rubbed their vessels over with 
mud to make their ships less visible, and some white- 
washed their decks to make them more visible by night 
during the fight. In the afternoon of April 23 Flag 
Officer Farragut visited each vessel, in order to know 
positively that each commander understood his orders 
for the attack, and to see that all was in readiness ; he 
had looked to their efficiency before. Every one ap- 
peared to understand his orders well, and looked 
forward to the conflict with firmness, but with 
anxiety, as it was to be in the night. At two a. m., 
Capt. Bell had been previously sent with the petard- 
man, with Lieut. Commanding Crosby, in the Pinola, 
and Lieut. Commanding Caldwell in the Itasca, to 
break the chain which crossed the river, and was 
supported by eight hulks, which were strongly moored. 
This duty was not thoroughly performed, in conse- 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 153 

quence of the failure to ignite the petards with the 
galvanic battery, and the great strength of the current. 
Still it Y\'as a success, and, under the circumstances, 
a highly meritorious one. The vessel boarded by 
Lieut. Commanding Caldwell appears to have had 
her chains so secured that they could be cast loose, 
wliich was done by that officer, and thereby making 
an opening sufficiently large for the ships to pass 
through. It was all done under a heavy fire, and at 
a great hazard to the vessel. Upon the night preced- 
ing the attack, however, Lieut. Commanding Cald- 
well was dispatched to make an examination, and to 
see that the passage was still clear, and to make a 
signal to that eflect, w^hich he did at an early hour. 
The enemy commenced sending down fire-rafts, and 
lighting their fires on the shore opposite the chain, 
about the same time, which drew their fire on Lieut. 
Commanding Caldwell, but without injury. At about 
five minutes of two o'clock a. m. (April 24), signal was 
made to get under way ; but owing to the great dif- 
ficulty in purchasing their anchors, the Pensacola and 
some of the other vessels were not under wa}^ until 
half past three. They then advanced in two col- 
umns, Capt. Bailey leading the way in the gun-boat 
Cayuga, Lieut. Commanding Harrison, he having 
been assigned to the first division of gun-boats, which 
was to attack Fort St. Philip, in conjunction with the 
second division of ships, and the Hartford, the left. 
Fleet Capt. Bell leading the second division of gun- 
boats in the Sciota, Lieut. Commanding Donaldson 
to assist the first division of ships to attack Fort Jack- 
son. The enemy's lights, w^hile they discovered onr 
ships to them, were, at the same time, guides to their 
discovery. The barrier chains w^ere soon passed, the 
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Jackson. The fire became general, the smoke dense, 
and they had nothing to aim at but the flash of the 
rebels' guns. It was hard to distinguish friends from 
foes. Capt. Porter had by arrangement moved up to 
a certain point on the Fort Jackson side with his 
gun-boats, and the same post had been assigned to 
Capt. Swartwout, in the Portsmouth, to engage the 
water batteries to the southward and eastward of Fort 
Jackson, while his mortar vessels poured a terrific fire ol 
shells into it. A fire raft was discovered coming down 
upon them, and in attempting to avoid it, it ran the 
flag ship Hartford on shore, and the ram Manassas, 
which had not been seen, lay on the opposite of them, 
and pushed it down upon them. The Hartford was 
soon on fire half way up to her top, but was backed 
ofi^, and through the good organization of the fire de- 
partment, and the great exertions of Captain "Wain- 
wright and his first lieutenant, ofiicers, and crew, the 
fire was soon extinguished. In the mean time their 
battery was never silent, but poured in its missiles of 
death into Fort St. Philip, opposite to which he had 
got by this time, and it was silenced, with the excep- 
tion of a gun now and then. By this time the 
enemy's gun-boats, some thirteen in number, besides 
two iron-clad rams, the Manassas and Louisiana, 
had become more visible. The vessels took them in 
hand, and in a short time destroyed eleven of them. 
She was now fairly opposite the forts, and the victory 
was ours, but still here and there a gun-boat making 
resistance. Two of them had attacked the Yaruna, 
which vessel by her greater speed was much in ad- 
vance. They ran into her, and caused her to sink, but 
not before she had destroyed her adversaries, and their 
wrecks now lie side by side. Captains Bailey and 
Bell, who were in command of the second division of 



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gun-boats, were as active in rendering assistance in 
every direction as lay in their power. Just as the 
scene appeared to be closing, the Manassas was 
seen coming under full speed to attack them. Capt. 
Smith was directed, in the Mississippi, to turn and 
run her down ; the order was instantly obeyed by the 
Mississippi turning and running at her at full speed. 
Just as they expected to see the ram annihilated, when 
within fifty yards of each other, she put her helm 
hard-a-port, dodged the Mississippi, and ran ashore. 
The Mississippi poured two broadsides into lier, and 
sent her drifting down the river a total wreck. On 
account of the dense smoke from guns and fire rafts, 
it was impossible for the flag officers to see how each 
vessel was conducting itself Captain Bailey, who 
had preceded the Hartford up to the quarantine 
station, had captured the Chalmette regiment. Col. 
Szymanski, and not knowing what to do, as every 
moment was a great loss, both officers and men were 
paroled, their arms taken away, and munitions of 
war and public property secured, and the officers were 
ordered to remain there until the following day. Gun- 
boats were sent to precede Flag Officer Farragut up the 
river, to cut the telegraph wires in difiTerent places. 
Upon looking around for the fleet, the Itasca, Winona, 
and Kennebec were missing. There were various 
opinions as to their fate, whether they had been sunk 
on the passage or had put back. Flag Officer Far- 
ragut, therefore, immediately sent Captain Boggs, 
whose vessel was now sunk, through the quarantine 
bayou, around to Commander Carter, telling him of 
their safe arrival, and to demand the surrender of the 
forts, and to endeavor to get some tidings of the miss- 
ing vessels ; he also sent a message to Gen. Butler, 
telling him that the way was clear for him to land the 



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forces throngli the quarantine bayou in accordance 
with previous arrangements, and that he should have 
gun-boats there to protect him against the enemy, who 
had now three or four gun-boats left at the forts ; 
the Louisiana, an iron-clad battery of sixteen guns, 
the McRea, very similar in appearance to one of our 
gunboats, and armed very much in*the same way, the 
Defiance, and a river steamer. Transport. The fleet 
then proceeded up to New Orleans, leaving the Wissa- 
hiclvon and Kineo to protect the landing of General 
Butler's troops. Owing to the slowness of some of 
the vessels, and their want of knowledge of the river, 
they did not reach the English Turn until about 
10.30 A. M. on the 25th, but all the morning they had 
seen abundant evidence of the panic which had 
seized the people in New Orleans. Cotton-loaded 
ships on fire came floating down and working imple- 
ments of every kind such as are nsed in ship yards. 
The destruction of property was awful. They soon 
descried the new earthwork forts on the old lines 
on both shores. The fleet now formed and ad- 
vanced in two lines, each line taking its respective 
work. Captain Bailey was still far in advance, not 
having noticed the signal for close order, which was 
to enable the slow vessels to come up. They opened 
on him a galling fire, which caused the Hartford to 
run up to his rescue. This gave them the advantage 
of a raking fire npon them for upwards of a mile with 
twenty guns, while the Hartford had but two 9-inch 
guns on her forecastle to reply to them. It was not 
long before she was enabled to bear away, and give 
the forts a broadside of shell, shrapnel, and grape, 
the Pensacola at the same time passing up and giving 
a tremendous broadside of the same kind to the star- 
board fort, and by the time the Brooklyn could be 



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reloaded Captain Craven j^assed between them a,nd the 
battery, and delivered her broadside and shut them 
out. By this time the other vessels had gotten np 
and ranged in one after another, leaving their broad- 
sides in spiteful revenge for their ill treatment of the 
little Cayuga. The forts were silenced, and those 
who could run were running in every direction. The 
flag ship now passed up to the city and anchored 
immediately in front of it, and Captain Bailey was 
sent on sliore to demand the surrender of it from the 
authorities, to which the mayor replied that the city 
was under martial law and that he had no authority. 
General Lovell was present and stated that he should 
deliver up nothing, but in order to free the city from 
embarrassment he would restore the city authorities, 
which he did. Farragut then seized all the steam- 
boats and sent them down to quarantine for General 
Butler's forces. Among the number of these boats 
was the famous Tennessee, which our blockaders had 
so long been watching, but w^hich never got out. 
The levee of JSTew Orleans was one scene of desola- 
tion. Ships, steamers, cotton, coal, etc., were all in 
one blaze, and it was w^ith difficulty that they could 
avoid the floating conflagration. On the evening of 
the 29th Captain Bailey arrived from below with the 
gratifying intelligence that the forts had surrendered 
to Commander Porter, and had delivered up all pub- 
lic property and were being paroled, and the navy 
had been made to surrender unconditionally, as they 
had conducted themselves with bad faith, burning 
and sinking their vessels while a flag of truce was 
flying and the forts negotiating, and the Louisiana, 
their great iron-clad battery, blown up almost along- 
side of the vessel in which they were negotiating ; 
hence their officers were not paroled, but sent home 



158 HAND-BOOK OF 

to be treated according to the judgment of the 
government. General Butler came up tlie same 
day, and arrangements were made for bringing up 
his troops. Farragut then sent on shore and hoisted 
the American flag on the custom house, and hauled 
down the Louisiana State flag from the city hall, 
as the mayor had avowed that no man in New Or- 
leans dared to haul it down, March 23 to April 26, 
1862. 
The following is a list of rebel vessels which partici- 
pated in and were destroyed in the engagement at 
Forts Jackson and St. Philip, when passed by Flag 
Oflicer D. G. Farragut on the morning of April 
24, and at N'ew Orleans, April 25, 1862 : 

C. S. Navy Vessels. — Louisiana, Iron-clad, 16 guns. 
200 men. Commander Mitchell. 

Manassas, Iron-clad, 1 gun. 30 men. Commander 
Worley. 

McRae, Steamer, 8 guns. 130 men. Commander 
Huger. 

Governor Moore, Steamer, 3 guns. 93 men. Com- 
mander Kennon. 

General Quitman, Steamer, 2 guns. 90 men. Com- 
mander Grant. 

Jackson, Steamer, 2 guns. 75 men. Commander 
Renshaw. 

State Gunboats. — Lovell, Steamer, 1 gun. 75 men. 
Warrior, 2 guns. 75 men. Commander Stevenson. 
Resolute, 2 guns. 70 men. Commander Hooper. 
Reliance, 2 guns. 75 men. 
Breckinridge, 1 gun. 53 men. 
Stonewall Jackson, 1 gun. 72 men. 
Galveston, 2 guns. 75 men. 
Anglo-Norman, 2 guns. 80 men. 
Star, 1 gun. 40 men. 



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Captured at New Orleans. — Mississippi, Iron-clad, 

20 guns. Not completed. Burnt. 
Anglo-Norman, Iron-clad, 1 gun. Set on fire and 

sunk. 
Three Rams, building at Algiers. 

New York Yacht Club offer their squadron to the govern- 
ment of the United States for war vessels, April 
30, 1861. 
The yachts Henrietta, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., 
and Hope, T. P. Ives, Esq., of Providence, R. I., 
were accepted by the Treasury Department as rev- 
enue cutters, and their owners appointed lieuten- 
ants in command of their respective vessels. May 
15, 1861. 

Niagara, S., 15 guns. 4,582 tons. Built by George 
Steers at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1855. 
Sailed from Boston, April 26, 1861. 
Arrived at New York, April 28, 1861. 
Sailed from New York, May 5, 1861. 
Arrived off Charleston, May 10, 1861. 
Sailed from off Charleston, May 14, 1861. 
Arrived at Havana, May 19, 1861. 
Sailed from Havana, May 22, 1861. 
Arrived at Fort Pickens, May 25, 1861. 
Sailed from Fort Pickens, May 28, 1861. 
Arrived at Mobile, May 28, 1861. 
Sailed from Mobile, June 11, 1861. 
Arrived at Fort Pickens, June 12, 1861. 
Sailed from Fort Pickens; July 3, 1861. 
Arrived at Key West, July 8,' 1861. 
Sailed from Key West, July 10, 1861. 
Arrived at Cienfuegos, July 14, 1861. 
Sailed from Cienfuegos, July 15, 1861. 
Arrived at Key West, July'20, 1861. 



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Sailed from Key West, July 28, 1861. 
Arrived at Fort Pickens, July 31, 1861. 
Sailed from Fort Pickens, Aug. 4, 1861. 
Arrived at Mobile, Aug. 5, 1861. 
Sailed from Mobile, Aug. 5, 1861. 
Arrived at South West Pass, Aug. 6, 1861. 
Sailed from South West Pass, Sept. 23, 1861. 
Arrived at Pass a I'Outre, Sept. 24, 1861. 
Sailed from Pass a I'Outre, Oct. 2, 1861. 
Arrived at South West Pass, Oct. 2, 1861. 
Sailed from South West Pass, Oct. 9, 1861. 
Arrived at Fort Pickens, Oct. 10, 1861. 
Sailed from Fort Pickens, Oct. 15, 1861. 
Arrived at South West Pass, Oct. 16, 1861. 
Sailed from South West Pass, I^oy. 14, 1861. 
Arrived at Pass a I'Outre, IN'ov. 14, 1861. 
Sailed from Pass a I'Outre, ISTov. 14, 1861. 
Arrived at Ship Island, 'Nov. 15, 1861. 
Sailed from Ship Island, Nov. 16, 1861. 
Arrived at Fort Pickens, I^ov. 17, 1861. 
Sailed from Fort Pickens, Dec. 20, 1861. 
Arrived at Ship Island, Dec. 21, 1861. 
Sailed from Ship Island, Jan. 30, 1862. 
Arrived at Pass a I'Outre, Jan. 31, 1862. 
Sailed from Pass a I'Outre, Jan. 31, 1862. 
Arrived at South West Pass, Feb. 1, 1862. 
Sailed from South West Pass, Feb. 5, 1862. 
Arrived at Galveston, Feb. 7, 1862. 
Sailed from Galveston, Feb. 11, 1862. 
Arrived at South West Pass, Feb. 13, 1862. 
Sailed from South West Pass, Feb. 13, 1862. 
Arrived at Pass a I'Outre, Feb. 14, 1862. 
Sailed from Pass a I'Outre, Feb. 14, 1862. 
Arrived at Ship Island, Feb. 15, 1862. 
Sailed from Ship Island, March 3, 1862. 



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Arrived at Mobile, March 3, 1862. r 

Sailed from Mobile, March 4, 1862. 

Arrived at Apalachicola, March 5, 1862. 

Sailed from Apalachicola, March 6, 1862. 

Arrived at E. P. Apalachicola, March 6, 1862. 

Sailed from E. P. Apalachicola, March 7, 1862. 

Arrived at Key West, March 10, 1862. 

Sailed from Key West, May 2, 1862. 

Arrived at Key West, May 6, 1862. 

Sailed from Key West, June 4, 1862. 

Arrived at Boston, June 12, 1862. 

Put in commission at Boston, Oct. 13, 1863. 

Sailed from Gloucester, Mass., in search of the Chesa- 
peake, Dec. 11, 1863. 

Arrived at New York, Dec. 23, 1863. 

Sailed in quest of the Italian ship Be Galantuomo, 
March 18, 1864. 

Eeturned to 'New York, April 2, 1864. 
Nightingale, Ship, 4 guns. 1,000 tons. Purchased at 
U. S. Marshal's sale. C. $13,000. 

At the mouth of the Mississippi when the rebel fleet 
attack the Union flotilla at the Head of the Passes 
[see Head of the Passes], Oct. 12, 1861. 

Coal ship of the West Gulf Squadron, 1863-4. 
Nina, S., 2 guns. 350 tons. Building at Chester, Pa., 

1864. 
Niphon, S., 9 guns. 475 tons. P. Built by K. B. 
Forbes, Boston, 1863. 

Put in commission at Boston, April, 1863. 

Chases on shore and destroys the blockade runner 
Hebe. The Siphon lost two boats and fifteen men 
in the attempt to fire the wreck, Aug. 18, 1863. 

Captures the Ella and Annie, B. K. [see Malvern], 
Nov. 9, 1863. 

Sailed from Boston, Jan. 7, 1864. 



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IVipsic, S., 5 guns. 593 tons. Engines by WoodriifF (fT 
Beacli, Hartford, Ct. Launched at Portsmouth, 
N". H., :^ravy Yard, June 15, 1863. 

Put in commission, Sept. 3, 1863. 

Sailed from Boston, Oct. 31, 1863. 

Destroys a rebel schooner in Morrell's Inlet, S. C, 
Jan. 1, 1864. 

Nita, S. "W., 4 guns. 210 tons. B. K. Captured by the 
De Soto, Aug. 17, 1863. 

Norfolk Harbor, Ya., was obstructed by sinking vessels 
loaded with stones at its entrance, by order of Gov- 
ernor Letcher of Yirginia, who issued a proclamation 
of secession, April IT, 1861. 

Norfolk Packet, 5 guns. 349 tons. L. 108, B. 27, D. 17. 

P. C. $12,000. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla [see E'ew Orleans, 
see Mortar Flotilla], April, 1862. 

North Carolina, Ship, 6 guns (81-gun ship). 2,633 tons. 
Built at Philadelphia, 1820. Receiving ship at 
Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1864. 

Norwich, S., 6 guns. 431 tons. L. 137, B. 26, D. 13. 
P. C. $43,137. 

Enters Winy aw Bay, S. C, with the Albatross, and 
drives the enemy from a small work on Cat Island, 
May 21, 1862. 

Yisits Georgetown, S. C, May 22, 1862. 

Boats capture two rebel signal stations near Jackson- 
ville, Fla., Aug. 19, 1863. 

Nyack, S., 7 guns. 593 tons. Built at Brooklyn N'avy 
Yard,\863-4. 
Launched, Oct. 6, 1863. 

Nyanza, S. "W., 6 guns. 203 tons. West Gulf Squadron. 



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0. 

Octorara, S. TV., 10 guns. 829 tons. Built at the Brook- 
lyn Navy Yard. Engines by the E'eptune Iron 
Works, K Y., 1861. 

Launched December Y, 1861. 

Was intended as the flagship of Porter's mortar 
flotilla, but she arrived at New Orleans after it 
had been captured by Flag Oflicer Farragut, May, 
1862. 

Attacks the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 

Captures the Eagle, B. K., May 18, 1863. 

Yisits Eort Morgan, near Mobile, under a flag of 
truce, Jan. 5, 1864 

Shells a large steamer aground under the guns of 
Fort Morgan, Jan. 9, 1864. 

Ogcechee River operations. [See Fort McAllister.] 

Ohio, Ship, 17 guns, (84-gun ship). 2,757 tons. Built at 
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1820. 
deceiving ship at Boston Navy Yard, 1861-2-3-4. 

Oleander, S. W., 2 guns. 263 tons. P. Tender to South 
Atlantic Squadron, 1863. 

Oliver H. Lee, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 199 tons. L. 
100, B. 26, D. 8. P. C. $8,500. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla, [see New Orleans], 

April, 1862. 
At the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 

0. M. Pettit, S. W., 2 guns. 165 tons. L. 106, B. 24, D. 
7. P. C. $15,000, 1861. 
Tender to South Atlantic Squadron, 1862^. 

Oneida, S., 10 guns. 1,032 tons. Built at the Brooklyn 
Navy Yard. Engines by Murphy & Co., New 
York, 1861. 



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Launched, Nov. 20, 1861. 

Sailed from Brooklyn Navy Yard, March 8, 1862. 

Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip, [see 
'New Orleans,] April 24, 1862. 

Destroys the armament of the Chalmette batteries, 
below New Orleans, aller they were passed by Far- 
ragut's fleet, April 25, 1862. 

Destroys the obstructions in the Mississippi River 
• above CaroUton, Miss., April 27, 1862. 

Demands the surrender of Yicksburg, May 18, 1862. 

Attacks and passes the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 
1862. 

In the attack by the ram Arkansas [see ram Ar- 
kansas,] July 15, 1862. 

Is passed by the rebel privateer Oreto, or Florida, 
which runs into Mobile bay, Oct 4, 1862. 

OneotO; Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Built at Cincin- 
nati, 1863-4. 

Onondaga, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 1,250 tons, L. B. B. 

Built by T. F. Rowland, at the Continental Iron 
Works, Greenpoint, Long Island, E". Y., under a 
contract of G. W. Quintard, of New York, 1862-3. 

Launched, July 29, 1863. 

Went on trial trip down the bay, Feb. 23, 1864. 

Put in commission, March 24, 1864. 

Sailed, April 21, 1864. 

Attached to Admiral Lee's James River flotilla. May 
1864. 

Ontario, S., 20 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Engines contracted for in 1863. 

Onward, Ship, 9 guns. 874 tons. L. 160, B. 33, D. 22. 
P. C. $35,718, 1861. 
Attacks a small battery on Bull Island, S. C, and on 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 165 

landing a party to storm it, the garrison fled, April 
7, 1862. 
On special service in search of privateers, 1863-4. 

Orvetta, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 171 tons. L. 93, 

B. 27, D. 7. P. C. $8,000, 1861. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla [see J^ew Orleans], 

April, 1862. 
Bombards the batteries at Yicksburg, June 28, 1862. 
Bombards Port Hudson batteries. May 23, 1863. 

Osage$ Iron-clad, 2 guns. 523 tons. Built at St. Louis, 
Mo., 1862-3. 
Sends an expedition consisting of twenty men, under 
the command of Acting Chief Engineer, Thomas 
Doughty, and Mr. Hobb, who captured and de- 
stroyed the rebel steamers Argus and Robert Ful- 
ton, in the Red River, Oct. 17, 1863. 

Osceola, S. "W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Boston, 
1863. 
Launched, May 29, 1863. 
Sailed from Boston convoying the Canonicus, April, 

22, 1864. 
Arrived at IsTew York, April 25, 1864. 
■ Attached to Admiral Lee's James River flotilla. May, 
1864. 

Ossipee, S., 13 guns. 1,240 tons. Built at the Ports- 
mouth Navy Yard. Engines by the Reliance Ma- 
chine Co., Mystic, Ct., 1861. 
Launched, ISTov. 16, 1862. 

Captures the steamers James Battle and "Wm. Bagley, 
B. R., June 17, 1863. 

Otsego, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at ISTew York, 
1863. 
Launched, March 31, 1863. 



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Ottawa^ S., 5 guns. 507 tons. Built by J. A. Westervelt 

& Son. Engines by tlie Novelty Iron Works, 

K Y., 1861. 
At Port Eoyal, [see Port Eoyal, S. C], ITov. 7, 1861. 
On tbe expedition to Warsaw Sound, Dec. 5, 1861. 
In Savannah. Piver, [see Savannah Piver,] Jan. 28, 

1862. 
At the capture of Fernandina, Fla., [see Fernandina, 

Fla.,] March 4, 1862. 
Attacks Fort Wagner, [see Fort Wagner,] July 18, 

1863. 
In the attack upon Fort Wagner, [see Fort Sumter, 

second attack,] Aug. 17, 1863. 

Ouachita, S. W., 14 guns. 720 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron, 1863. 

Owasco, S., 5 guns. 607 tons. Built by Maxon, Fish & 

Co., at Mystic, Ct. Engines by the I^ovelty Iron 

Works, K Y., 1861. 
One of the steam division of Porter's mortar flotilla, 

[see ISTew Orleans,] April, 1862. 
Attacks the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 
Assists in the capture of Galveston, Texas, Oct. 9, 

1862. 
Attacked by the rebel flotilla in Galveston Bay, 

Texas, 1 killed and 14 wounded, [see Galveston, 

Texas,] Jan. 1, 1863. 
Destroys the steamer West Florida, B. P., May 10, 

1863. 

Ozark, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 578 tons. Built at Mound 
City, 1863. 
Went on trial trip, Sept. 18, 1863. 
Sailed from St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 5, 1864. 



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P. 

Pampero, Ship, 6 guns. 1,375 tons. L. 202, B. 38, D. 

19. P. C. $29,000, 1861. West Gulf Squadron. 

Panola, S., 5 gffiis. 507 tons. Built at Baltimore, Md., 

by J. J. Abrahams. Engines by Charles Beeder, 

Baltimore, Md., 1861. 
Aids in the destruction of the obstructions in the river 

below Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 20, 1862. 
Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip, [see 

New Orleans,] April 21, 1862. 
Passes the batteries at Yicksburg, June 28, 1862. 
Shells a large steamer under the guns of Fort Morgan, 

Jan. 9, 1864. 

Pansy, S. W., 1 gun. 50 tons. Tender to Mississippi 
Squadron, 1862-3-4. 

Para, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 190 tons. L. 98, B. 
24, D. 9. P. C. $10,500, 1861. 

One of Porter's mortar flotilla, [see I^ew Orleans,] 
April, 1862. 

Passaconaway, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 3,200 tons. To be 
built at the Portsmouth I^avy Yard, 1864. 

Passaic, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844 tons. Built at the Con- 
tinental Iron Works, by T. F. Kowland, 1862. 

Launched, Sept., 1862. 

Put into commission, Nov. 25, 1862. 

Accompanied by the Marblehead, makes a reconnois- 
sance to Thunder Battery, Ga., Feb. 1863. 

Attacks Fort McAlister, and remains under fire eight 
consecutive hours [see Fort McAlister], March 3, 
1863. 

In the attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort Sumter], 
April 7, 1863. 



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Arrives at 'New York for repairs, May, 1863. 

Sails from New York for Charleston, S. C, July 20, 
1863. 

Arrives at Charleston, S. C, July 25, 1863. 

Flag ship at the attack upon Forts Wagner and Sum- 
ter [see Fort Sumter, second atUsick], Aug. 17, 
1863. 

Participates in the attack upon Fort Sumter by night 
[see Fort Sumter, night attack], Aug. 23, 1863. 

PatapscO) Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844: tons. Built at Wilming- 
ton, Del. City, 1863. 

Launched, 1862. 

Attacks Fort McAllister, Ga. [see Fort McAllister], 
March 3, 1863. 

In the attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort Sumter], 
April 7, 1863. 

Attacks Fort Wagner [see Fort Wagner], July 18. 
1863. 

Attacks Fort Sumter [see Fort Sumter, second at- 
tack], Aug. 17, 1863. 

One of the fleet which engages Fort Sumter at night 
[see Fort Sumter, night attack], Aug. 23, 1863. 

Paul Jones, S. W., 7 guns. 863 tons. Built by J. J. 
Abrahams, at Baltimore, Md. Engines by Reany, 
Son & Archibald, Chester, Penn., 1861-2.' 

Launched, January 30, 1862. 

Co-operates with Gen. Brannan's forces in an expedi- 
tion to destroy the railroad bridges near Pocotaligo, 
S. C, Oct. 22, 1862. 

In the attack upon Fort Wagner [see Fort Wagner], 
July 18, 1863. 

Paul Jones, Jr., S. W., 1 gun, 30 tons. This craft is the 
launch of the Paul Jones, converted into a steamer 
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on the coast. She is very serviceable in performing 
picket and dispatch duty for the larger vessel of 
that name, 1863-4. 

Patroon, S. 5 guns. 183 tons. L. 113, B. 22, D. T. P. 
C. $15,000, 1861. 
Attached to the Pocotaligo expedition, Oct. 22, 1862. 

Pawnee, S., 11 guns. 1,289 tons. Built at Philadelphia 

ISTavy Yard, 1858. 
Arrived off Charleston bar to aid in reinforcing Fort 

Sumter, in company with the Pocohuntas, Harriet 

Lane, and transport Baltic, April 12, 1861. 
Tows the Cumberland from Norfolk Harbor, at the 

time of the destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard, 

April 20, 1861. 
Moored off the town of Alexandria, Ya., her guns 

commanding the principal streets. May 13, 1861. 
^, Attacks Aquia Creek batter}^, June 2, 1861. 
^Attacks the rebel battery at Mathias Point, Ya., in 

company with the Tlios. Freeborn, Pesolute, and 

tender James Guy. After a short engagement, a 

detachment of forty sailors were landed, who 

brought off a quantity of stores, &c. ; the Union 

shells holdino; in check about six hundred rebel 

troops, June 2-1, 1861. 
^'Attacks the Mathias Point battery again, in company 

with the Thos. Freeborn. Commander James H. 

Ward, of the latter vessel, was killed, and eight 

seamen wounded, June 27, 1861. 
At Hatteras Inlet [see Hatteras Inlet], Aug. 29, 

1861. 
Sends a boat expedition, which destroys Fort Ocra- 

coke, on Beacon Island, N. C, Sept. 15, 1861. 
At Port Koyal, S. C. [see Port Koyal, S. C], Nov. 7, 

1861. 



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Makes a reconnoissance up St. Helena Sound and 
Ashepoo River, 'Nov. 27, 1861. i 

At tlie capture of Fernandina [see Fernandina], , 
March 4, 1862. 

Attacked by the enemy near Fort Trumbull, Stono 
Eiver, S. C. She was struck thirty-nine times, but 
suffered lightly in her perso?inel, only four being 
wounded, July 16, 1863. 

Paw Paw, S. W"., 8 guns. 175 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Pawtuxet, S. W., 10 guns. 971 tons. Built at Provi- 
dence, E. I., 1863. 
Sailed from Providence, R. I., for 'New York, April 
17, 1864 

Pcml)iiia, S., 5 guns. 507 tons. Built by Thomas Stack, 

at 'New York. Engines by the E'ovelty Iron 

Works, K Y., 1861. ^ 
Went into commission, IN^ov. 3, 1861. 
At Port Royal, S. C. [see Port Royal, S. C], :Nov. 7, 

1861. 
Makes a reconnoissance up St. Helena Sound, Nov. 

27, 1861. 
On the expedition to Warsaw Sound, Ga., Dec. 5, 

1861. 
At the capture pf Fernandina [see Fernandina, Fla.], 
. March 4, 1862. 

Penguin, S., 7 guns. 389 tons. L. 155, B. 30, D. 9. P. 

C. $75,000, 1861. 
At Port Royal [see Port Royal, S. C], J^ov. 7, 1861. 
At the capture of Fernandina, Fla. [see Fernandina, 

Fla.], March 4, 1862. 
At Musquito Inlet expedition. Lieut. Commander 

Budd killed, March 21, 1862. 



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Penobscot, S., 6 guns, 507 tons. Built bj C. P. Carter, at 
Belfast, Me. Engines by the Allaire Iron Works, 
K Y. City, 1861. 

Eescues the crew of the U. S. Steamer Columbia, 
wrecked on the coast of North Carolina, Jan. 14, 
1863. 

Chases on shore the Kate, B. B., July 1863. 
Pensacola, S., 21 guns. 2,158 tons. Built at Pensacola, 
1858. 

Towed to Washington Navy Yard to have her en- 
gines put in, 1860. 

Buns the rebel batteries on the Potomac Biver, Dec, 
1861. 

Attacks and passes Ports Jackson and St. Philip [see 
New Orleans], April 21, 1862. 

After heV arrival at New Orleans was found to be 
possessed of such a poor engine as not to be reliable, 
and she was stationed off the city as the flag ship ot 
that station. She remained there during 1862-4. 

Arrived at New York for repairs, April 22, 1864. 
Pensacola Navy Yard surrendered by its commanding of- 
ficer, April, 1861. 

William Conway, an aged seaman, was rewarded by 
the Navy Department of the P. S. for indignantly 
refusing to haul down the stars and stripes at the 
Navy Yard when ordered to do so by Lieut. B. P. 
Benshaw, April 24, 1861. 

Dry dock, which was intended by the rebels to be 
sunk as a harbor obstruction, burned to the water's 
edge, Sept. 3, 1861. 

Bombarded, as well as Forts McBae and Barrancas, 
Nov. 22, 23, 1861. 
Peoria. S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at the Brooklyn 
Navy Yard, 1863. 
^ Launched, Oct. 29, 1863. 



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Fcosto, S. W., 14 guns. 233 tons. Mississippi Squadron^ 

1863. 
Pequot, S., 11 guns. 593 tons. Built at Boston, 1863. 

Launched, June 6, 1863. 

Put in commission at Boston, Jan. 15, 1864. 

Went on trial trip, Jan. 16, 1864. 

Sailed from Boston, Feb. 5, 1864. 

James Biver flotilla, May, 1864. 

Perry, Brig, 9 guns. 280 tons. Built at the Gosport 
Navy Yard, 1843. 
Captures the rebel privateer Savannah off Charleston, 
S. C, May 3, 1861. 

Petcrhoff, S., 7 guns. 1,200 tons. Captured by the Yan- 

derbilt, Feb. 25, 1863. 
Purchased by the IsTavy Department, Sept. 10, 1863. 
'Put in commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Feb., 

1864. 
Sailed from New York, Feb. 24, 1864. 
Sunk by collision with the Montgomery off tlie coast 

of North Carolina, March 6, 1864. 

Petrel, S. "W., 8 guus. 226 tons. Mississippi Squadron, 1862. 

At Haines' Bluff [see Haines' Bluff], April 30, May 
1, 1863. 

At Yazoo City [see Yazoo Biver expedition], May 21, 
1863. 

With the Forest Pose captures the rebel steamer El- 
mira in the Tensas Piver, July, 1863. 
Philadelphia, S. W., 2 guns. 500 tons. P. 1861. 

(Flag ship) arrived at Hatteras Inlet with Flag Offi- 
cer L. M. Goldsborough on board, who, with Gen- 
eral Burnside, made a joint attack upon Poanoke 
Island [see Poanoke Island], Jan. 13, 1861. 

Flag ship, at times, of the South Atlantic Squadron 
under Admiral Dahlgren, 1862-4. ^ 






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Philippi, S. W., 2 guns. 311 tons. P. At Boston, 
1863-4. 
Put in commission at Boston Navy Yard, April 25, 
1864. 

Pilgrim, S., 2 guns. 170 tons. Building at Wilmington, 
Del., 1861. 

Pinli, S., 1 gun. 181 tons. P. Fitted at New York for 
the West Gulf Squadron, 1864. 

Pinta, S., 2 guns. 350 tons. Building at Chester, Pa., 
1864. 

Piscataqua, S., 20 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not com- 
menced. Engines contracted for in 1863. 

Pittsl)urg, Iron-clad, 14 guns. 512 tons. Mississippi 

Squadron, 1861. / 
Attacks Fort Donelson [see Fort Donelson], Feb. 14, 

1862. 
Attacks Island No. 10, March 17, 1862. 
At Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862. 
Kuns the blockade of the Tennessee River batteries 

near Island " No. 10," April 8, 1862. 
Runs the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 

fleet], April 16, 1863. 
Leads the attack at the capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., 

April 29, 1863. 
At the capture of Fort De Russy, May 9, 1863. 

Pittsburg Landing. The enemy attacked the Union 
forces at that place, driving their left flank to the 
river's bank, when the Carondelet, Tyler, and Lex- 
ington came up and drove the rebels off in less than ten 
minutes after opening fire upon them, April 6, 1862. 

Planter, S. W., 2 guns. 200 tons. She was a Confederate 
steamer employed in transporting guns in Charles- 



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ton harbor, and was seized by Ler colored crew, 
headed by Robert and William Small, who brought 
her out to the U. S. blockading fleet off Charleston 
Bar, and surrendered her as a prize. May 13, 1862. 

"Was transformed into a gunboat, and in company 
with the Crusader attacks an encampment of rebels 
near Simmon's Bluff, S. C, dispersing them, June 
21, 1862. 

Attached to the Pocotaligc^ expedition, Oct. 22, 1862. 

Transferred to the War Department, 1863. 

Pocahontas, S., 7 guns. 649 tons. Purchased in 1855. 

Arrived off Charleston Bar to aid the Pawnee, Har- 
riet Lane, and transport Baltic in reinforcing and 
relieving Fort Sumter, April 13, 1861. 

At Port Royal, S. C. [see Port Royal, S. C], ivTov. 
7, 1861. 

Assists in the capture of Fernandina, Fla. [see Fer- 
nandina, Fla.], March 4, 1862. 

Visits Brunswick, Ga., March 9, 1862. 

Boat's crew attacked near Brunswick, Ga. Two men 
were killed and seven wounded. The remainder 
escaped to the vessel amid a volley of bullets, after 
having refused to surrender to the guerillas. The 
Pocahontas, Mohican, and Potomska opened fire 
on the rebels and drove them into the bush, March 
11, 1862. 

Attacks the rebel fortifications on the Black River, 
and drove off the enemy. She was assisted by a 
crew from the Gem of the Seas, in the tug Treaty, 
Aug. 14, 1862. 

Captures the steamer Antonica, B, R., Jan. 8, 1863. 

Port Hudson. On the morning of the 13th of March, 
1863, Rear Admiral Farragut, after seeing that all 
proper arrangements had been made for battle, his 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 175 

general order, etc., having been previously written and 
delivered to each commanding officer for his guid- 
ance in passing Port Hudson, had a consultation with 
General Banks in the morning, and he had informed 
the Admiral that he was ready to move against 
Port Hudson immediately and attack the place if he 
found it practicable. At 4 p. m. the troops were sig- 
nalled to get under way, and proceeded up the river 
to near Profit's Island. Early the next morning, oa 
the 14th, they proceeded on to the head of Profit's 
Island, where they found the Essex and the mortar 
boats all lying ready for their work. All the com- 
manders were called on board, and Commander Cald- 
well consulted as to the batteries, his information 
connected with the place, and the character of the 
steamers above. They w^ere five in number, two 
cotton rams and the others river steamers, transports, 
etc. Admiral Farragut directed the mortar boats 
to commence firing in order to get their ranges, 
which they did ; but finding the distance too great, 
he directed them to move half a mile nearer. The 
gunboats were assigned to the ships according to their 
speed, giving the Richmond, she being the slowest, 
the Genesee, she being the most powerful and fastest 
gunboat. At 5 p. m. (14th) a dispatch was received 
from General Banks announcing that his command 
was at the cross roads, and all ready to move upon 
Port Hudson. At 9 p. m. the signal was given " to 
weigh," but from some cause or other the Mississippi 
and Monongahela did not come up to their stations, 
although they answered the signal. At 10 p. m. the 
tug Reliance came alongside and was sent to order 
them to close up, and as soon as the vessels could be 
seen in position, went ahead. The instructions to 
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enemy first opened fire upon him. The lookout 
threw up rockets, and a battery soon opened upon 
them about 11.20 p. m., but did not answer the broad- 
side. Commander Caldwell of the Essex now opened 
in fine style, and the mortar boats did their duty in 
the most handsome manner, keeping up their fire 
until two or three o'clock in the morning. This ship 
moved up the river in good style. Captain Palmer 
governing with excellent judgment her fire according 
to circumstances, stopping wdien the smoke became 
too dense to see, and re-opening whenever a fresh bat- 
tery fired upon them, but tlieir batteries were always 
silenced when the flag ship fired. At last the current 
from around the point took the Hartford on the bow 
and threw her around almost on shore, but by backing 
the Albatross, and going ahead on the Hartford, she 
was soon headed up the river. The upper batteries 
now opened on her, and she could only reply with the 
two guns on the poop, a 9-incli and a 30-pounder 
Parrott rifle ; but they both did their dut}^ well. 
When the Hartford rounded the bend she could see the 
Richmond, and it was supposed that she was follow- 
ing her in good style, as the eff*ect of her broadside 
upon the batteries could be seen. But great was the 
surprise when it w^as found that she did not come up 
after the Hartford rounded the point. A vessel was 
soon seen on fire, and apparently grounded which 
proved to be the Mississippi. The firing ceased about 
2 A. M., and near 4 a. m. (15th) the burning vessel 
blew up with a great explosion. The Albatross, being 
the most vulnerable of the gunboats, and her speed 
being about equal to the Hartford's, was assigned to 
her. Although it was not in Lieut. Commander 
Hart's power to do much, he did all he could, and 
when he could bring a gun to bear ahead or astern or 



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on the port side, it was jnstantl j fired. She suffered 
to the same extent as the Hartford, losing one man 
and nine wounded. The following vessels were en- 
gaged : Hartford, Richmond, Mississippi, Mononga- 
hela, Genesee, Albatross, Kineo, Essex, Sachem, and 
a division of mortar vessels, March 15, 1863. 
Pocotallgo Expedition. The following vessels participated 
in the operations: Paul Jones (flag ship), Conne- 
maugh, Wissahickon, Patroon, Uncas, Marblehead, 
Yixen, Water Witch, and Planter, Oct. 22, 1862. 

Pompanoosuc, S., Itt guns. 3,200 tons. Building at Bos 
ton Xavy Yard, 1863. 

Poutiac, S. W., 10 guns. 971: tons. Built at Philadel- 
phia, Pa., 1861. ^ 

Pontoosuc, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Port- 
laud, Me., 1864. 

Poppy, S., 2 guns. 93 tons. Tender North Atlantic 
Squadron, 1864. 

Porter's Mortar Flotilla. [See Mortar Flotilla.] 

Port-Fire, S., 1 gun, 103 tons. Built at Portsmouth l^avy 
Yard for a powder tug, 1864. 

Port lioyal, S. W., 8 guns. 805 tons. Built by Thomas 
Stack at E'ew York, machinery by JN'ovelty Iron 
Works, 1861-2. 

Launched, Jan. 17, 1862. 

Attacks Sewall's Point battery. May 8, 1862. 

Ordered up the James River, May 9, 1862. 

Attacks Fort Darling [see Fort Darling], May 15, 
1862. 

Port Royal, S. C. [expedition]. The naval and mihtary 
expedition against Port Poyal, S. C, sailed from 
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Sailed from Hampton Roads, Oct. 29, 1861. 

The object of tlie capture of Port Royal harbor, S. C, 
was for the purpose of establishing at that point a 
grand and central army and navy depot, on a part 
of the coast accessible and convenient to the Union 
forces. The expedition was miderthe command of 
Flag Officer S. F. Dupont, U. S. JST., and Brigadier- 
General Sherman. Tlie fleet sailed from Hampton 
Roads on the 29tli of October, 1861, and with the 
army transports numbered 50 vessels, having on 
board about 15,000 troops. On the 1st of Novem- 
ber the fleet experienced a very severe gale. The 
Isaac Smith had to throw her armament overboard 
to prevent foundering. The transport Governor, 
with a battalion of marines on board, went down, 
• all but seven persons saved. 

On Monday, 'Noy. 4, the flag ship Wabash anchored 
at Port Royal bar, with about twenty-five vessels 
in company, the remainder of the fleet arriving 
during the afternoon and the following day. On 
Tuesday, 5th, the Wabash crossed the bar, followed 
by the Susquehanna, Atlantic, Yanderbilt, and 
other vessels of heavy draft. During the day, while 
near Fishing Rip Shoals, the Wabash grounded, 
and before she was released it was too late to begin 
the engagement. On Wednesday, 6th, a gale from 
the S. W. compelled the fleet to remain inactive, 
and the attack was postponed until the following 
day. 

On Thursday, 7tli of November, Forts Walker and 
Beauregard were engaged, and captured after an 
action of about four hours in duration. The Wa- 
bash opened lier fire at 9.26 a. m., the fleet joining 
in as they passed by the works. At 2.30 p. m. 
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THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 1Y9 

Officer Dupont) with a boat's crew of the "Wabash, 
hoisted the stars and stripes over Fort Beauregard. 
The troops w^ere disembarked in a few hours after- 
wards, and at 8 p. m. the work was formally turned 
over by the navy to the army. The works con- 
tained forty-three pieces of cannon. Union loss, 
eight killed, six seriously wounded, seventeen 
slightly wounded, total casualties, thirty-one. The 
folloAving vessels participated in the attack : "Wa- 
bash (flag ship), Susquehanna, Mohican, Seminole, 
Pawnee, TJnadilla, Ottawa, Pembina, Yandalia, 
Isaac Smith, Pocahontas, Bienville, P. B. Forbes, 
Mercury, Augusta, Penguin, Seneca, Curlew. 
[Fort Walker was occupied on the morning of the 
8thof]:^ov.], IsTov. 7, 1861. 

Portsmouth, Sloop of war. 20 guns. 1,022 tons. Built 
at the Portsmouth ITavy Yard, 1843. 
Sailed from Portsmouth, ]^. H., for a cruise on the 

west coast of Africa, May 23, 1859. 
Attacks Forts Jackson and St. Philip while Farra- 
gut's fleet passes above them and up the river, 
April 24, 1862. 

Potomac, Frigate, 32 guns. 1,726 tons. Built at Wash, 
ington I^avy Yard, 1821. 
Store ship of the West Gulf Squadron, 1862-4. 

Potomac Flotilla, organized to keep that river clear, and 
protect the transports going to and from Washington, 
May 9, 1861. 

W Potomska, S., 6 guns. 287 tons. L. 137, B. 20, D. 8. 
P. C. $33,000, 1861. 
Savannah Kiver expedition [see Savannah River], 
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At the capture of Fernandina, Fla. [see Fernandina, 

Fla.]. March 4, 1862. 
At Brunswick, Ga., March 9, 1862. 

Powhatan, S. W., 21 guns. 2,415 tons. Built at the 
Gosport IN'avy Yard, 1850. 
Captures the Mary Clinton, B. B., from Charleston, 

S. C, bound to New Orleans, May 31, 1561. 
While lying at the South West Pass (mouth of the 
Mississippi), on the 13th of August, the lookout at 
the masthead descried the masts of a vessel, about 
twenty miles off, bearing IST. W. It being late in 
the evening, nothing could be done ; but at early 
daylight Conmiander B. D. Porter, now Bear 
Admiral, sent off an armed boat, under command 
of Lieut. Queen, with orders to steer N. W. 
until he made a vessel under sail or at anchor. 
After steering in the direction indicated for five 
or six hours, with a fresh breeze under sail, 
Lieut. Queen discovered a large schooner getting 
under way. A heavy squall came up at the time, 
and she was for a short period lost to view ; but, 
coming in sight again, the boat gave chase under 
oars and sails. When she got within range of the 
schooner (which was crowding all sail and trying 
to escape), a discharge of rifles was fired at hei;, 
and, after a close shot or tw^o at the man at the 
wheel, the schooner hove to and surrendered. She 
proved to be the Abbie Bradford of Boston, a prize 
to the Sumter, Her papers w^ere secured, and by 
evening she was lying at anchor near the Powhatan. 
Among the papers were letters from the commander 
of the Sumter and her officers, giving some idea of 
her future movements, and indicating that her 
cruising ground was to be down on the Spanish 
Main. In two or three hours the schooner had a 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 181 

prize crew on board, and the Powhatan was off for 
Pensacola, to notify the flag officer of the Sumter's 
whereabouts, the Niagara remaining to. blockade 
the South West Pass. On the 14:th August, at 
sunset, she arrived at Pensacola. The captain 
communicated with Flag 'Officer Mervine, and in 
half an hour she was steering south after the Sum- 
ter. Eather a lame-duck, the old Powhatan, in her 
present condition, to send after a clipper steamer ; 
but it will be seen that lame-ducks on occasions get 
along as well as some that are not lame. There 
was a high state of excitement on board the Pow- 
hatan at the idea of going after the Sumter, and a 
great deal of satisfaction expressed at getting away 
from the mouth of the Mississippi, where the ship 
had lain at anchor three months, all hands nearly 
starving for a fight. 

On the 17th, boarded some American vessels off Cape 
St. Antonio, and heard that the Sumter had sent 
another prize, the Joseph Maxwell, into Cienfuegos, 
on the Tth of August. In consequence of this in- 
telligence, sailed for Cienfuegos, keeping close into 
the land, and communicating with all the vessels 
she met. On the 19th arrived at Cienfuegos ; sent 
a boat in to communicate with the consul ; found 
the Joseph Maxwell in his possession ; obtained all 
the information required ; and coasted along the 
southeastern shore of Cuba, chasing and communi- 
catino^ with all vessels seen. Some of these were 
Americans, and were sure that the Sumter had 
them, nntil they saw the stars and stripes. 

On the 21st put into Jamaica to coal ; heard many 
contradictory reports about the Sumter, none of 
which could be relied on, and sailed again on the 
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at Ciira9ao on the 29tli, and found that tlie Sumter 
had left there on the 24th of July, and had (owing 
to the facilities she received there) been enabled to 
capture the Joseph Maxwell and Abbie Bradford 
oif Porto Cabello. 

A long correspondence ensued between the comman- 
der of the Powhatan and the governor of Curagao, 
in which the former, in behalf of his government, 
expressed the great dissatisfaction that would be 
felt by the United States at the course pursued by 
the Dutch governor, who seemed to be under the 
impression that the Union was broken up, and the 
Sumter w^as the embodiment of Southern rights and 
chivalry. Before leaving Curasao heard that the 
Sumter had been at Trinidad, and had left there 
steering west. 

Left CuraQao on the 2d September, steering north- 
east, and arrived in St. Thomas on the 6th of the 
same month, chasing and boarding vessels on the 
way, by which we found that the Sumter had not 
been heard of for some time on the '' Spanish 
Main." 

At St. Thomas heard that the Sumter had gone into 
Surinam (Dutch Guiana) on the 20th of August. 
Hustled three hundred and fifty tons of coal on 
board and sailed immediately in chase. On the 
10th September communicated with the American 
consul at Barbadoes, and learned by a mail (that 
day received) that the Sumter had sailed from Su- 
rinam on tlie 31st August for parts unknown. We 
remained only an hour at Barbadoes, and shaped 
our course for Demarara, to see if the Sumter had 
stopped there, or had turned on her track and gone 
back to the Caribbean Sea. On the 12tli of Sep- 
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THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 183 

rara, and obtained no news of importance ; struck 
out for Surinam, where she arrived on the morning 
of the 13th. Here was informed that the Sumter 
had left that i^ort on the 31st of August, having 
remained there ten days trying to get coal, which 
the governor and merchants were very much op- 
posed to giving. 

The governor of Surinam ordered the Sumter to 
leave the port in twenty-four hours, but, as she was 
entirely out of coal, the captain refused to go until 
he was supplied, and the governor had not the 
means to make him go, though there was a Dutch 
and French steamer of war at the time in port. 

Previous to entering the port of Surinam the Sumter 
had gone to Cayenne (French Guiana), but the 
governor of that place would not permit her to en- 
ter or receive supplies of any kind ; in consequence 
of which the Sumter was obliged to proceed to 
Surinam under sail. Had vessels been sent in pur- 
suit of her at once after her escape from the Brook- 
lyn, or had the l^iagara followed her up, instead of 
stopping the pursuit at Cienfuegos, the Sumter 
would long before this have been captured. 

When the Sumter left Surinam, which she was en- 
abled to do by getting coals from an Enghshman 
(who else would have supplied her ?), she anchored 
outside, lowered her pipe, made all sail, and, under 
canvas alone, stood to the northwest. This pro- 
ceeding was intended to humbug the Powhatan, 
but it did not succeed. The Powhatan's head was 
put to the southeast, and, after various mishaps to 
her boilers, having to run under low steam against 
strong head winds, she arrived on the 21st Septem- 
ber in Maranham, in the empire of Brazil, some six 
hundred miles to the east of the great Amazon, and 



184: HAND-BOOK OF 

two degrees south of the equator. It was a thick 
and murky day when she arrived off the mouth of 
this dangerous river, and there was no prospect of 
getting a pilot. Her charts were of no account, 
and there was a prospect of her bringing np on a 
mud bank ; but, fortunately, she got in, by all the 
dangers, and towards evening picked np a fisher- 
man pilot, who, after a fashion, took her to anchor- 
■* age, where at low water she fonnd herself high and 

dry (almost), the tide rising and falling here 
eighteen feet. 

The American consul came on board at once, though 
it was dark, and informed the commander that the 
Sumter had only left the port of Maranham five 
days ago, having cruized off* the mouth of the river 
nntil three days previous to the arrival of the Pow- 
hatan, to capture an American brig that was daily 
expected — the Maria, from 'New York. 

There was no little excitement on board the Powhatan 
at finding how close she had run the Sumter with 
her damaged old boilers, and five hundred sheets 
of copper off the bottom ; but there was consider- 
able dejection when it was ascertained that the bird 
had flown, and the Powhatan coujd not follow her 
for want of coal, having only a supply on board for 
six days. 

Orders were, however, issued from headquarters to go 
ahead and coal up, which, being a slow business in 
Maranham, we did not get through until six days, 
the Sumter thus having nine days start of the Pow- 
hatan again. 

Addresses were made by Captain Semmes to the gov- 
ernor and'people of Maranham, in which he used 
the most specious arguments to prove that after the 
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THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 185 

she would turn her attention to abolishing slavery 
in the Brazilian empire. Of course the arrival of 
the Powhatan was looked upon with distrust, and a 
reward of five hundred dollars (made by an 
American) to any one who would knock a hole in 
her bottom, so that she could not follow the Sum- 
ter, was received with great favor, the government 
taking no steps to stop such proceedings. 

The Powhatan found out all she wanted to know about • 
the Sumter, what coal she could stow, what was 
her speed, what number of men, and what kind of 
crew she had, and where she would likely turn her 
attention to capture prizes. 

Her cruise to Maranham was rather a barren one, 
having captured no prizes since she fell in with the 
Abbie Bradford and the Joseph Maxwell, the 
former recaptured by the Powhatan ; the latter 
given up to the American consul at Cienfuegos. 

So irregular indeed did the actions of the governor 
appear, that the commander of the Powhatan ad- 
dressed him on the subject, and in such plain terms 
that he was not left in doubt as to the opinion en- 
tertained of his conduct by those on board the ship, 
or what would be the course of the Government of 
the United States when it was made acquainted 
with the actions of the Maranham authorities. 

IsTo courtesies passed between the ship and the shore ; 
the commander refused to call on the governor. 
The party opposed to his Excellency were in high 
glee at the mistakes he had committed, and were 
confident that he would be removed by the Brazi- 
lian Government the moment the matter was laid 
before them. 

It was a great misfortune that the Powhatan did not 
find the Sumter in the port of Maranham, for then 



186 HAND-BOOK OF 

slie would have taken her despite the ships and 
batteries of Brazil, and would have demonstrated 
to the violators of neutrality that there is a law of 
nature which does not prohibit nations from reliev- 
ing themselves from a grievous annoyance in any 
manner they may think proper, 

"We waited until the mail steamer came in from the 
south, and the one from Para in the Amazon. 
^ From all the accounts gained from these steamers 

the Sumter could not (without being seen) -have 
gone east, west, or south ; and it was supposed by 
the commander that she had gone to the northeast 
to lie in wait for vessels bound home from India, 
the Pacific, and Brazil, all of which pass the equator 
between the longitude of 32° and 40°, and follow 
one beaten track to the north and west. 

Having taken in all the coal we could (without losing 
time) the Powhatan left Maranham on the 27th of 
September, and steered to get into the track of 
homeward bound Indiamen ; all hands hoping that 
we might find the Sumter somewhere about those 
regiions. But it is a wide belt of water, and it 
would be a mere chance hitting the precise spot she 
would go to. 

The visit of the Powdiatan to Maranham happened at 
a moment when the interests of the United States 
were being jeoparded by the stupidity of the gov- 
ernor of the province, the fanatical and ignorant 
people acting in accordance with the example set 
them by their superior. 

Pow-Pow Battery attacked and captured by. the Crusader 
and E. B. Hale, after a short engagement, April 29, 

1862. 



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Prairie Bird, S. W., 8 guns. 171 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron, 1862. 

Primrose, S. ^Y., 2 guns. 94 tons. P. Potomac Flo- 
tilla, 1862-3. 

In tlie l^ansemond Piver operations, April 14, 1863. 

Skirmishes with the enemy's cavalry at Tappahan- 
nock, Ya., June 30, 1863. 

Princess Royal, S., 7 guns. 828 tons. Captured by the 
Unadilla and others off Charleston, S. C, Jan. 29, 
1863. 
Purchased by the Navy Department and converted 
into a gunboat, June 28, 1863. 

Princeton, S., 10 guns. 990 tons. Pebuilt at Norfolk^ 
1851. 
Peceiving ship at Philadelphia, 1861-4. 

Preble, Sloop of war, 10 guns. 556 tons. Built at Ports- 

mouth mvy Yard, 1839. 
Attacked by the rebel ram Manassas and a flotilla 

nnder Commodore Hollins, C. S. E". [see Head of 

the Passes], Oct. 12, 1861. 
Destroyed by fire in Pensacola harbor. She was at 

the time the guard and store vessel of the station. 

The fire was the result of carelessness, April 27, 

1863. 

Prentiss, Miss., bombarded and burned by the Queen of 
the West and two army transports, Sept. 26, 1862. 

Proteus, S., 11 guns. 1,244 tons. P. at E'ew York from 
Neptune S. S. Co., 1863. 
Put in commission at Brooklyn, March 15, 1864. 
Peturns to New York from a search after the Italiap. 
frigate Pe Galantuomo, March 30, 1864. 



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Pulaski, S. W., 2 guns. 395 tons. Purchased, 1858. 
Condemned and sold at Montevideo, S. A., 1863. 

Puritan, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 3,265 tons. Built at the 
Continental Iron "Works, Greenpoint, L. I., by T. F. 
Eowland, 1863-4. 

Pursuit, Bark, 7 guns. 603 tons. L. IM, B. 34, D. 15. 

P. C. $22,000, 1861. 

Captures the steamer Florida in St. Andrew's Bay, 
April 4, 1862. 

Sends a boat to Gadsdin's Point, Fla., under a .flag 
of truce, when a party of rebels disguised as colored 
women opened fire upon the -boat's crew, killing 
two and wounding six men. The Pursuit then 
opened her guns on the treacherous people, March 
20, 1863. 

Pushmataha, S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not com- 
menced. Engines contracted for in 1863. 

Privateers. — The President of the United States issued a 
proclamation to the effect, that all persons captured 
on board of privateers authorized by the seceded 
States, or by any State, would be treated as pirates, 
April 19, 1861.' 

A joint-stock company was organized in Isew Orleans 
to fit out a steam privateer. $50,000, in gold, 
was subscribed the first day. May 12, 1861. 

Calhoun, of ISTew Orleans, captured the bark Ocean 
Eagle, May 15, 1861. 

"William Smith, one of the crew of the privateer Jeff. 
Davis, convicted of piracy, first case tried, Oct. 25, 
1861. 
Alabama, S., Bark. 8 guns. 1,200 tons — 

Sailed from Liverpool, England, Aug. 20, 1862. 

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THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 189 

board a portion of lier armament and stores, Aug. 

22, 1862. 
Off tlie Western Islands, Aug. 25, 1862. 
Captured the ship Ocean Rover. 
Captured the schooner Starh'ght. 
Captured the bark Virginia. 
Captured the ship Yigilant. 
Captured the schooner Weatlierguage. 
Captured the bark Elisha Dunbar. 
Burned the ship Benjamin Tucker. 
Burns the ship BrilHant, Oct. 3, 1862. 
Captures and burns the bark Wave Crest, Oct. 7, 1862. 
Captured and bonded the ship Tonawanda, Oct. 9, 

1862. 
Burned the ship Manchester, Oct. 11, 1862. 
Burned the bark Lamplighter, Oct. 15, 1862. 
Burned the ship Lafayette, Oct. 23, 1862. 
Burned the schooner Crenshaw, Oct. 26, 1862. 
Burned the bark Lauretta, Oct. 28, 1862. 
Captured and bonded the brig Baron de Castine, Oct. 

29, 1862. 
Burned the ship Levi Starbuck, ^Nov. 2, 1862. 
Burned the ship T. B. Wales, ISTov., 1862. 
Arrives at Martinique, ISTov. IT, 1862. 
Left Martinique, Nov. 18, 1862. 

Captured the bark Harriet Spaulding, I^ov. 19, 1862. 
Burned the bark Parker Cook, ISlov. 30, 1862. 
.Captured and bonded the steamship Ariel, Dec. 7, 

1862. 
Fell in with the United States steamer Hatteras, 

which she sunk. [See Hatteras.] 
Arrives at Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 20, 1863. 
Leaves Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 25, 1863. 
Burns the Golden Rule, Jan. 26, 1863. 
Burns the Chatelaine, Jan. 27, 1863. 



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Destroys the Palmetto, Feb. 3, 1863. 

Burns the Golden Eagle and the Olive Jane, Feb. 21, 
1863. 

Burns the King Fisher, March 23, 1863. 

Burns the bark Strajer, March 24, 1863. 

Burns the C. Hill and ]S^ra, March 25, 1863. 

Burns the Louisa Hatch, April 4, 1863. 

Takes in supplies at Ponce, P. E., April 7, 1863. 

Burns the Lafayette and Kate Cory, April 15, 1863. 

Burns the Dorcas Prince, April 26, 1863. 

Burns the Sea Lark and Union Jack, May 3, 1863. 

At Bahia, Brazil, May 11, 1863. 

Leaves Bahia, May 21, 1863. 
-Burns the Jabez Snow, May 29, 1863. 

Captures and converts into a privateer the bark Con- 
rad, June 19, 1863. 

Burns the A. Schmidt, July 2, 1863. 

Burns the Express, July 6, 1863. 

Chases the Ericsson, July 9, 1863. 

Boards the Hancock, July 26, 1863. 

Arrives at Cape Town, July 27, 1863. 

Bepairs at Cape Town, July 29, 1863. 

Captures the Sea Bride in Table Bay, Aug. 5, 1863. 

Leaves St. Simon's Bay, Aug. 15, 1863. 

Returns to St. Simon's Bay, Sept. 16, 1863. 

Off Java Head, Nov. 16, 1863. 
Alexandria, Steamer — 

Seized at Liverpool, April 9, 1863. 
Aecher, Schooner, a fishing smack — 

Cuts the Revenue Cutter Caleb Cushing out of Port- 
land Harbor, June 26, 1863. 

Captured, with her crew, June 27, 1863. 
Boston, Steamer — 

Captured off the South West Pass by rebels, June 9, \ 
1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 191 

Slie captures Texana and Lenox, June 9, 1863. 
CALHorN, Steamer — 

Captures schooner Mermaid, May, 1862. 

" schooner John Adams, May, 1862. 

" brig Panama, May 29, 1862. 

Chapman, Schooner — 

Captured in San Francisco Harbor, March 15, 1862. 
Chesapeake, Steamer — 

Pirates capture the Chesapeake, Dec. 6, 1862. 

Ella and Annie recaptures her, Dec. 17, 1862. 

Claeance, or Coquette, Bark — • 
^ Burns the Whistling Wind, June 6, 1863. 
* Burns the A. H. Patridge, June 7, 3863. 
Burns the Mary Alvina, June 9, 1863. 
Captures the Tacony, and turns her into a privateer, 

June 12, 1863. 
Burns the M. A. Shindler and Kate Stuart, June 12, 

1863. 
She is burned by her crew, June 12, 1863. 

Echo — 

Captures John Welsh, July 6, 1862. 

" schooner Enchantress, July 8, 1862. 
" S. J. Waring, July 8, 186^. 
" brig Mary E. Thompson, July 9, 1862. 
" schooner Mary Goodell, July' 9, 1862. 

Eloeida, S. 8 guns — 

Sailed from Liverpool, March 22, 1862. 

Arrived at I»[assau, N. P., wdiere she remained for 

some time getting ready for cruising, April, 1862. 
Was formally seized by H. B. M. steamer Greyhound, 

but was subsequently released, June 14, 1862. 
Sailed from ISTassau, and proceeded to Green Cay, one 

of the Bahama group, where she took on board her 



192 HAND-BOOK OF 

armament and stores from tlie British schooner 

Prince Alfred, Aug. 9, 1862. 
Left Green Cay, Aug. 16, 1862. 
Anchored off the Cardenas Keys, Aug. 21, 1862. 
Ran through the Union blockading fleet off Mobile, 

and entered that port after being hit several times. 
Enns out of Mobile, January lY, 1863. 
Burns the Estelle, Jan. IT, 1863. 
Arrives at Havana, Jan. 19, 1863. 
Burns the brig Windward, Jan. 22, 1863. 
Destroys the Corris Ann, Jan. 23, 1863. 
Captures the ship "Washington, Jan. 26, 1863. 
Arrives at I^assau, K P., Jan. 26, 1863. 
Leaves Nassau, Jan. 27, 1863. • 

Burns the Palmetto, Feb. 12, 1863. 
Burns the Jacob Bell, Feb. 21, 1863. 
' At Barbadoes, Feb. 25, 1863. 

Captures the schooner Aldebaran, March, 1863. 
Captures and converts the Lapwing into a privateer, 

March 27, 1863. 
Burns the M. J. Colcord, March 30, 1863. 
Captures the-ship Star of Peace, March 27, 1863. 
Burns the Henrietta, April 23, 1863. 
Burns the Oneida, April 21, 1863. 
Captures the* brig Clarance, and converts her into a 

privateer, May 6, 1863. 
Burns the Crown Point, May 13, 1863. 
■ Burns the Southern Cross, June 6, 1863. 
Burns the Red Gauntlet, June 14, 1863. 
Burns the B. F. Hoxie, June 16, 1863. 
Bonds the Y. H. Hill, June 27, 1863. 
Burns tlie W. B. Nash, July 8, 1863. 
At Bermuda, July 16, 1863. 
Leaves Bermuda, July 25, 1863. 
Captures the F. B. Cutting, Aug. 6, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVT. 193 

Off Tuscar, England, Aug. 20, 1863. 

Burns the Anglo Saxon, near Kinsale, Aug. 21, 

1863. 
Enters Brest, France, Sept. 4, 1863. 
Detained by the French Government, Sept. 11, 1863. 
Bonds the brig Arabella, Jan. 12, 1863. 
Burns the ship Commonwealth, April 17, 1863. 
Burns the ship Castine, Jan. 25, 1863. 
Captures the steamer Electric Spark, July 10, 1861. 
Burns the brig Estella, Jan. 17, 1863. 
Burns the bark Greenland, July 8, 1864. 
Burns the bark Golconda, July 8, 1864. 
Burns the General Berry, July, 1864. 
Burns the schooner George Latimer, May 18,1864. 
Bonds the schooner Kate Stewart, 1863. 
Burns the schooner M. Y. Davis, June 9, 1863. 
Burns the schooner Rienzi, July 7, 1863. 
Bonds the ship Sunrise. 

Burns the brig William C. Clark, June 17, 1864. 
Burns the bark Zelinda, July 10, 1864. 
Geoegia, S. 8 guns — 
Leaves England, March, 1863. 
Burns the Dictator, April 25, 1863. 
Bonds the George Griswold, May 8, 1863. 
At Bahia, May 13, 1863. 
Leaves Bahia, May 28, 1863. 
Burns the Amazonia, June 1, 1863. 
Burns the Good Hope, June 13, 1863. 
Captures the Constitution, June 25, 1863. 
Burns the City of Bath, June 28, 1863. 
Burns the Prince of Wales, July 16, 1863. 
Arrives at St. Simon's Bay, Aug. 16, 1863. 
Leaves St. Simon's Bay, Aug. 29, 1863. 
Passes Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 30, 1863. 
Arrives at Cherbourg, France, Oct. 30, 1863. 



194 HAND-BOOK OF 



Jeff. Davis, Brig. 3 guns — 



Captures bark, D. C. Pierce, June, 1861. 
" bark Rowena, June, 1861. 

" • schooner Ella. 

" schooner Enchantress, July 13, 1861. 
" brig John Welsh, July 13^ 1861. 
'' schooner S. J. Waring, July 15, 1861. 
" brig W. McGilvery, July, i861. 
" schooner J. E-. Watson. 

Lapwing, Bark. 2 guns — 

Spoke the bark Lysander, April 12, 1863. 

Leviathan, Steamer — 

Captured by rebels, Sept. 21, 1863. 
Eecaptured by the De Soto, Sept. 22, 1863. 

I^ASHviLLE, Steamer — 

Burns ship Harvey Birch, E'ov. 19. 

" schooner Robert Gilfillan, Feb. 26, 1862. 
Destroyed in the Ogeechee River by the Montauk, 

Feb. 28, 1862. 

Rappahannock, Steam Sloop — 

Arrived at Calais, France, from Sheerness, England, 

Nov. 26, 1862. 

Rebel Rams — 

One launched at Liverpool, July 4, 1862. 
Another launched at Liverpool, Aug. 29, 1862. 
Seized by British Government, Oct. 10, 1862. 
Rebel French Rams seized by French Government, 
ISTov. 7, 1862. 

Retribution, Schooner. 2 guns — 

Chases the Mercedita and West Wind, Jan. 4, 1863. 
J. P. Elliot, a prize to the R., recaptured, Jan. 19, 

1863. 
Burns schooner Hanover, Jan. 31, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 195 

Captured the schooner Emily Fisher, March 1, 1863. 
Condemned at Havana, March 4, 1863. 
Seized at New York, Aug. 1, 1863. 
Sold at ]^ew York, lSrov.^9, 1863. 

Savannah, Schooner. 1 gun — 
Brig Joseph Myers, May 25, 1861. 
Captured by the brig Perry, June 5, 1861. 

St. Is^icholas, Steamer — 

Captured by rebels in Chesapeake Bay, 1861. 
Destro^^s schooner Margaret, June, 1862. 

" schooner Mary Pierce, July 1, 1862. 

" brig Monticello, July 1, 1862. 

Sumter, S. 6 guns — 

Captures bark Arcade, June, 1861. 

" schooner W. S. Pobins, June, 1861. 

" brig E. F. Martin, June 16, 1861. 

" bark Joseph Maxwell, June 16, 1861. • 

'' brig Albert Adams, July 3, 1861. 

" brig Benjamin Downing, July 3, 1861. 

" bark Glen, July, 1861. 

" ship Golden Pocket, July 16, 1861. 

" bark Louisa Kilham, July 20, 1861. 

" brig ]^aiad, July, 1861. 

" schooner Henry Nutt, August, 1861. 

" schooner E". Chase, Sept., 1861. 

" brig Joseph Parks, Dec, 1861. 

" schooner Arcade, Jan., 1862. 

" bark Neapolitan, Feb., 1861. 

" ship J. S. Harris, 1861. 

" ship Sebasticock, 1861. 

" brig Santa Clara, 1861. 

" schooner Sea Witch, 1862. 

" brig Cuba. 



196 HAND-BOOK OF 

Captures bark California. 

" schooner Daniel Trowbridge. 

" bark Eben Dodge. 

" bark Ocean Eagle. * 

" bark "West Wind, July. 

Tacony, Bark. 2 guns — 

Captured by Clarance, June 12, 1863. 

Burns the Corabella, June 12, 1863. -* 

Burns the Umpire, June 16, 1863. 

Bonds the Isaac Webb and burns the L. A. Macom- 

ber, June 20, 1863. 
Burns Byzantium, Goodspeed, Marengo, Elizabeth 

Ann, Rufus Choate, and Ripper, June 21, 1863. 
Bonds the Florence, June 22, 1863. 
Captures and converts into a privateer the Archer, 

June 25, 1863. 
Tacony burned by her crew, June 25, 1863. 

TcjscALoosA, Bark. Prize to the Alabama — 
Arrived at St. Simon's Bay, Aug. 3, 1863. 
Sailed from St. Simon's Bay, Aug. 15, 1863. 
ITear St. Helena, Sept. 2, 1863. 

WmsLow, S. W., 2 guns — 

Captures schooner Transit, July 15, 1861. 
" schooner Herbert, July 18, 1861. 
" schooner Priscilla, July, 1861. 
" schooner Mary Ahce, July, 1861. 
" brig Itasca, Aug. 4, 186l! 

Prizes Captured, I86i-i864. 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. Foe Distribution. 

Ad. Farragut's Fleet :{: George Alvah 

do. :j;Gov. Morton 

do. :}:Metropolis 

do. IMilan 

do, ^Oceau Eagle 

do. JSt. Charles 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 197 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prizes. Fob Distribution. 

Ad. Farragut's Fleet ifSallie Robinson 

do. :j:Tennessee 

do. :j:5 steamboats 

do. :}:Laudis 

Adirondack Emma 

Alabama Nolly 432 33 

do Sarah 19,782 44 

do Catalina 5,100 50 

do Albion 

do Atlanta 

do Admiral 

Albatross Louisa 43,082 49 

do Two Sisters 3,013 96 

do. 1,253 bags Rice 3,036 02 

do 103 casks do 2,614 00 

Amanda .Slave Bark $9, 038 91 

do Swan 202,208 01 

America Major Willis 

do Antelope 2,775 26 

do David Crocket 

Anacosta 18 boxes Tobacco, unknown 

do Ladies' Delight 1,436 20 

do Emily 14,290 77 

do Flying Cloud 

do Exchange 

Anne Mattie 

do Martha Jane 

Antona Betsey 

do 27 bales Cotton 

do Mary Ann 

do Exchange 

Arago :}:Emma 70,000 00 

This would be a valuable prize, had not the Secretary of the 
Navy decided that Army Transports are not entitled to Prize Money. 

Ariel Good Luck 

Aries Ceres 

Arizona Aurelia 9,429 37 

Arietta 45 bales Cotton 

Arogosy 27 Mules and 1 Buggy. . . . 

Aroostook Hunter 

do *'Sea Lion 

lo *40 bales of Cotton 



198 



U. S. Ships. 

Aroostock 

do 


HAND-BOO X OF 

Name of Pkize. 

■^Marion 

Eureka 


For Distribution. 


do 

Arthur 

do 


*M. P. Benton 

J. G. McNeil 

Water Witch 


... 5,228 99 
... 3 792 00 


do 


Reindeer 


8,503 00 


do 

• do 


Breaker 

Belle Italia 




do 


52 bales cotton 




Augusta 

do 

do 


Aquilla 

Cambria 

E.J. Watorman 


... 28,226 47 
.... 61,318 22 
7,028 18 


do 

do 

do 


Major Willis 

JPrincess Royal 

Secesh . . ... 


. .$400,000 00 


do 


Chesire 






New Castle 


... 32,234 36 


do 


Swan 


202,298 01 


do 

Baron de Kalb . . 


Biagory 

208 bales Cotton 


27,138 30 


do. 


* Alonzo Child 




*Barrataria 

* do 

do 

Bienville 

do 

do 


Schooner Jane 

Schooner Union Jack 

*Schooner Mary 

Providence 

Morning Star 

La Creolla 


.... $1,280 02 

575 08 

.... 3,500 00 

250 48 

522 79 

1,856 40 


do 

do 


Rebecca 

Sarah and Caroline . . . 


.... 1,410 18 

1,602 18 

...202,000 00 
...150,000 00 


do 


Stettin 


do 

do 


Patras 


do 

do 

do 


Alert..... 

Louisa 

'^ Arrow 





do 


*Eliza.. 




Beauregard 

do 

do 


*57 bales of Cotton 

*Lucy 

*Last Trial 


i 


do 

do 

do 


*Lily 

*nope 

^Garibaldi 


• • • i 


do 


-^Minnie 





THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 199 

U. 6. Ships. Naste of Prizes. For Distribution. 

Beauregard Charmer 

do Linda 

do *Hannah 

Bermuda *Artist 

do *Carmita 

do *Florie 

Black Hawk *Fulton 

Bohio II. Travers $4,4*70 08 

do E. Smith 4,400 00 

do Ann 53,071 10 

do L. Rebecca 

Brazileira Defiance 3,700 16 

Brooklyn Meaco 50,942 61 

do Magnolia 167,404 08 

do *Elazer 

do *Chance t . . 

do *Kate 

do *N. Stetson 

do *Star 

Calhoun *Corypbeus 

do *Orion 

do *Whiteman 

Calypso Herald 

Cambridge Julia 8,268 59 

do *Edwin. 

do *Emma Tuttle 

do *J. C. Rose 

do ^Louisa Agnes 

do. •. ^Revere 

do.^ *Time^^ 

Canandaigua Cherokee 147,774 00 

do. Anna Dees 

do. Secesh 

do. '^^ Amelia 

Cayuga Blue Bell 

do *FlyingScud 

do *J. J. Cox 

do *J. F. Davis 

do *Tampico 

do .,. "Wave 

do. Blue Bell 

do 8 barrels Sugar 

do Active 



200 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribution. 

Cayuga Pocamatataka 

Ceres Henry Brinker 

do Ellis 

do Lyndhaven 

do Name uuknown 

do *Actor 

Chocura Pride 

do Express 

'Cimerone :j: Atalanta $450,000 00 

do *Evenmg Star •. . . 

do '^Jupiter 

Circassian -""Minna 250,000 00 

do John "Wesley 

Clifton :j:H. McGuin 

Clyde :j:67 bales of Cotton 

do :j:Nannan 

Coeur de Lion Lot of goods 

do. Lookout 

Colorado Calhoun 

do "Winona 

do Hunter 

do Louise "Whittemore 

Comchous -^Prowler 

Commodore Restless 

do. Union 

Commodore Barney Lion 

do. Caroline 

do. Virginia 

do. Napoleon 

Commodore Morris IHarriet 

do. ^. C. Calhoun 

do. :j:Music 

Commodore Perry General Putnam 

do. Ellis 

do. Lyndhaven 

do. Name unknown 

do. Lyon ,. . . . 

do. Caroline 

do. Virginia 

do. Napoleon 

do. America 

do. Comet 

do. :j:John 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 201 

U. 8. Ships. Name of Prize. Fok Distkibution. 

Commodoro Periy ^J. J. Crittenden 

do. :}:ISrathaniel Taylor 

do. :{: "Wilson 

Conemough ^Wave Queen 

Conestoga iEvansville 

do :j:Rose Hamilton 

Connecticut Emma $9,282 62 

do Adeline 2,844 57 

do Hermosa 23,601 TO 

do Rambler 7,423 75 

do Juno 130,393 11 

do Greyhound 

do .-....^Sallie 

do ^Scotia 

Corwin Deserter 

Corypheus Reindeer 8,503 20 

do Sailboat and cargo 

Courier M. Bishop 

do Emmeline 

do Director 

do Angelina 

Covington :j:Eureka 

Cricket Kaskaskia 923 44 

do Tom Suggs 

Crusader :j:General Taylor 

do :{: Wanderer 

Cumberland *Hiawatha 239,703 08 

do *A. J. Russell 

do ^Cambria 

do *Carrie 

do *Dorotha Haines 

do *Elite 

do *Young America 

The Hiawatha is payable to six capturing vessels, and will be 
paid to all the moment the prize list for the Keystone State is prepared. 

Currituck American Coaster 230 36 

do "Wine, &c 

do 18 boxes Tobacco 

do Ladies' Delight 

do Emily 

do Hampton 

do Cargoes 9 boats 



202 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Disteibution. 

Currituck *Ranter • 

do Director 

do *^ater Witch 

Dai Ching Geo. Cbisholm 

Dale Specie $4,938 4Y 

do Mabel 5,094 98 

do Supplementary 

Dan *45 bales of Cotton 

do *Corse 

Dart *Cecilia 

do *Zavala 

Daylight ^AHiance 

do ^Brilliant 

do *Extra 

do *Good Egg 

do *John Hamilton 

do *Eacer 

do *Sophia 

Delaware *Lion 

do ; . ."Whitehead 

do :j:Napoleon '70, 154 36 

do Elles 

do Lyndhaven 

do Albert 

do Name unknown 

do Caroline 

do Virginia 

do *Albemarle 

De Soto Major Barbour 36,288 54 

do William 88,371 93 

« do 4,875 00 

do , .*Jane Adelaide 4,860 00 

do *Bright 4,875 00 

do. *Mississippian 

do :}:Gen. Prim 

do Cuba 

do Rapid 

do Alice Vivian 

do Clarita 

do James Battle 

do "'^Wm. Bagley 

do. t^ady Maria 

do *Leviathan 



THE UNITED STATESNAYY. 203 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. Foe Distribution. 

De Soto *Montgomery 

do *Nita 

do *Star " 

do.. Sea Bird 

do *Crescent 

do, *Sir "William Peel 

do *Cumberland 

Diana *Southerii Merchant 

do *]Sraniope 

Dutchess -''Evansville 

E. B. Hale Rowena $4,622 5t 

Ellen Rowena .^ 4,622 57 

Essex :j:Arkansas 

do :|:Molasse3 

Ethan Allen OUve Branch 5,600 20 

do Fashion 92 82 

do *Gipsey 

do *Atlanta 

do *Farren 

Eugenie Alabama 

Eernandina British Queen 71,000 00 

do *W. H. Forthop 

Flag Amelia - 18,066 45 

do E. J. Waterman 7,028 18 

do Anglia 84,849 00 

do ^Mercury 802 00 

do Major "Willis 

do Anne Dees 

do *Ariel 

do *David Crcokett 

do *Emily 

do *Elmira Cornelius 

Flambeau Active 2,070 81 

do 100,000 00 

do *Hetiwan 11,126 00 

do Anne Dees 

do Bettie Krotzer 

do Hatterman 

do *Catalina 

Florida Calypso 75,334 93 

do tHettie 66,171 18 

do *Agnes 

Forest Rose *Elmira 



204 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Suns. Name of Peizb* For Distribution. 

J^ort Henry :{:Emma ' $t0,860 83 

do. Anna Maria 

do. Brockeuboro' 

do. *Anna 

do *Alice 

do. *Bangor 

do. Cotton 

do. ^Isabella 

do. *Martba Jane 

do. "Ranger 

do. *Soutbern Star 

do. Lot of Corn 

Freeborn Arctic 

do :j: Jane Wrigbt 

do :}:Leon 

do j:Morning Star 

do tMail 

do ifRicbard Lacej 

do :};Thomas Reilly 

Gem of the Sea Dixie 28,522 00 

do Fair Play 816 25 

do. *Charm 

do. *Director 

do. *George. ... I 

do. *Mary Stuart 

do. Maggie Fulton 

do. *Prince of "Wales 

do. *Ricbard 

do. *Volante 

Gemsbok Ariel.... 1,815 63 

do. *Beverly 

do *Glen 

do ^Harmony 

General Putnam Elles. 

do. Lyn haven • 

do. Crittenden 

do. Comet "* 

do. ^Name unknown 

do. *Lone]y Belle 

do. America 

do, *Scuppernong 

Genesee. .,,,,.... *Fannie 

George W. Blunt..,.,. .....Wave 4,180 16 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 205 

U. S. Ships. Name of Peize. Fok Distkibution. 

George W. Blunt *Patras $52,450 00 

do. Major AVillis 

do. Anne Dees 

Gertrude ^Warrior 

do Albert 

Grand Gulf *Mary Ann 

Granite City. Anita 

Harriet Lane Joanna Ward 5,508 93 

do Union 

Hartford *J. D. Clark 

Hatteras Schooner Magnolia 38,532 59 

do Sarah and Elizabeth 574 87 

do *Gov. A. Moulton 

do * Josephine 

do > *P. C. Wallace 

do :}:Poody 

Hendrik Hudson Margaret 216 89 

do. -^Theresa 

do. Cotton 

Henry Andrews. Eowena 4,622 57 

Henry Brinker Ellis 

do. Lyndhaven 

do. Name unknown 

do. Lion 

do. Caroline 

do. Virginia 

do. ISTapoleon 

Henry James Adventure 

Hetzel Lockwood 

do Elles 

do Lyndhaven 

do Name unknown 

do Lyon 

do Caroline 

do Virginia 

do .Napoleon 

Honduras *Mail 

Honeysuckle *Fly 

do. *Susan 

do. ^Florida 

Hope *Emma Tuttle 

Housatouic Major Willis 

do. Neptune 



206 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribution 

Housatonic Anne Dees. 

do. Secesh 

do. Hatterman 

Hunchback .Winter Shrub $n2 26 

do. . . ; Lion 

do Caroline 

do Yu-ginia 

do Napoleon 

do ^Eugenia 

do. *G. H.Smoot 

Huntsville Magnolia 167,404 08 

do Reliance 78,224 61 

do Agnes 22,400 40 

do Ariel 7,794 29 

do Courier 3,033 48 

do Adelia 60,900 00 

do Surprise 35,022 00 

do Zavalla 1,414 49 

do *Union 

do *Superior 36,000 00 

do Ascension 

do A. J. Hodgers 

do * Adelia 

do Minnie 

Huron Guide 18,852 57 

do Aquilla 28,226 41 

do Cambria 61,318 22 

do Rowena.., 2,311 57 

do Major 'Willis 

do Secesh 

do Albert 

Iron Age :{:Robert E. Lee 280,000 00 

Iroquois *Merrimac 200,000 00 

do *Kate 31,000 00 

Isaac Smith British Empire 3,422 98 

Isilda *Havana 

Itasca Lizzie Weston 67,546 87 

do Magnolia 167,404 08 

do Sea Drift 

do. *Merriam 

Jacob Bell Golden Leaf 

do *Chapel Point 

James Adger Sarah 19,728 44 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 207 

U. S. Ships. Name op Pkize. For Distribution. 

James Adger :j:Robert E. Lee $80,000 00 

do. Cornubia 63,000 00 

do. Kate 

do. Elizabeth 

Jamestown Intended 7,008 Tl 

do Havelock 

do Aigbrith 660 90 

do *Col. Long 

Jasamine Eelampago 

J. L. Davis *Florida 

J. K Seymore .*Ellis •. 

do. *Lyndhaven. . , 

do. ^Name unknown 

J. P. Jackson *P. C. Wallace 80,000 00 

do. *Cotton 

J. S. Chambers Union 94,520 50 

do. Corelia 467 83 

do. Rebecca 

do. Ida 

do. *Relampago 

Julia Alligator 

do Stonewall 

Juniata Harvest 

do Victor 

do Fashion 

do *Don Jose 

do ^Elizabeth 

Kanawha R C. Files 33,234 12 • 

do Victoria 48,400 45 

do Charlotte 29,942 63 

do Annie 4,525 42 

do. • Cuba 35,000 00 

do A. J. Hodge 

do South. Independence 

do Hunter 

do Dart 

do Albert 

do .Ann 

do Clara 

do Comet 

do. *• Jupiter 

do "Winona 

do Ripple 



208 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. Fob Disteibution. 

Kanawha Eugene 

Katahdin Excelsior 

do John Gilpin 

Kennebec Hunter 

do Jupiter 

do *M. J. Smith 

do *Gray Jacket 

do Albert 

do John Scott 

do William Bagley 

do. James Battle 

do Eugene 

Kensington Adventure $1,625 34 

do Course 5,096 15 

do Dart 934 94 

do Maria 4,127 12 

do Velocity 442 38 

do *Dan 

do *Troy 

do :|:West Florida 

Keystone State Cora 

do Sarah 19,782 44 

do. Salvor 31,842 28 

do. Dixie 28,520 61 

do. Cataliua 5,100 50 

do. Hiawatha 239,703 71 

do. Anne Dees 

do. ^Elizabeth 

do. ^Fannie 

do. *Mars 

King Fisher Lion 7,478 93 

do OliveBranch 5,600 08 

do *Teresita 

do *Mary Lewis 

Kittatinny Julia 15,928 74 

do Major Barbour 36,288 54 

do Emma 70,860 83 

do 120 bales Cotton 

do D. Sargent 

do ^Cotton 

Lackawanna ^Planter ^ not pay. 

do Neptune 

do Hunter 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 209 

U. S. Ships. Name of Ppize. For Distkibution. 

Lexington 12 bales of Cotton 

Lockwood Ellis 

do. Lyndhaveu 

do. Name unknown 

do. Lion 

do. Caroline 

do. Virginia 

do. jSTapoleon 

do. Hunter 

do *Alice 

Lodona Major Willis 

do Secesh 

do Arctic 

do "Minnie 

Louisiana Shawsbeen 

do EUes 

do Lyndhaveu 

do Name unknown 

do Lion 

do Caroline 

do Virginia 

do Napoleon 

do *Henrietta 

do *Renshaw 

Madgie , Everglade 

Magnolia Flying Fish $404 95 

do Carmita 1,928 06 

do Memphis 510,914 07 

do *Dove 

do *Flying Cloud 

Mahaska Eevere T95 43 

do ^General Taylor 

Maratanza Revere 795 43 

do Express 

do '^Teazer 

Marblehead Anne Dees 

do *Glide 

Massachusetts Delight 174 17 

do Advocate 176 17 

do Express 174 57 

do Osceola 179 52 

do Henry Lewis 33,296 07 

do A. J. View.. 14,034 21 



210 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribution. 

Massachusetts :}:Sunbeam $74,966 U 

do. Mary Jane 

do. Anna 

do. Olive 

do. *Achillcs 

do. *Briiliante 

do *Basilde 

do. ^Charles Henry 

do. ^Fannie 

do. *01ive Branch 

do. Trois Freres 

do. '^'Persis 

Mayflower *Hancock 

McClellan *Clotilde 

do Louisa Dudley 

Memphis Mercury 802 00 

do Ouachita •.. 7,632 00 

do Antelope 2,775 26 

do Anne Dees 

Mercedita Magnolia 167,404 08 

do Rose 3,000 43 

do Octavia 4,030 00 

do Victoria 28,032 60 

do Ida 328 52 

do Anne Dees. 

do *Bermuda 

do *Floyd 

Minnesota ^Hiawatha ....239,703 71 

do *Amy "Warwick 

do *Belle Conway 

do "'•■Renshaw 

do *North Carolina 

do *Pioneer 

do "'^"Star 

do *Sally Mears 

Mississippi Squadron *Alonzo Childs 

do. .*179 bales Cotton 

do. ^Cotton 

do. *Kaskaskia 

do. -^St. Mary's 

do. -Tom Sugg 

do. *Zouavo 

Mohawk Toceoa 4,355 00 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 211 

U. 8. Ships. Name of Ppize. For Disteibution. 

Mohawk Wildfire 

do George B. Sloat 

Mohegan *Arrow 

Montgomery Isabel $4,192 36 

do W.R.King.., 4,192 36 

do W. E. Chester 19,708 39 

do. Caroline and cargo. ...;... 

do Pet 

Monticello Revere 795 43 

do *Hiawatha 239,703 71 

do Sue 8,346 GO 

do :}:Sunbeam 74,966 74 

do OddFellow. 2,874 00 

do Crenshaw 

do iSTicholas I 

do Ella 

do Susan 

do Winfred 

Morning Light ^Venture 

do. *Morgen Lorentzen 

Morse Crittenden 

do Comet , 

do America 

do J. IST. Seymour 

do ijiXapoleon 70,754 63 

do Ellis 

do ...Lyndhaven 

do Name unknown 

do Lion 

do Caroline 

do Yirginia 

Mount Yernon British Queen 1,108 50 

do. Rising Sun 1,999 00 

do. Mary Jane 

do. Kate 

do. * Alena , 

do. *Emily 

do. Emma Tuttle 

do. *Levi Rowe 

do. ^Napier 

do, St. George 

M. Yassar New Eagle 6,812 01 

do Sarah 6,138 35 



212 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribution. 

M. Vassar Morida $758 00 

Mystic Sunbeam 59,455 25 

do Mary Elizabeth 88 43 

Nahant :j:Atalanta 450,000 00 

Nanseraond *Douro 

Nantucket *Jupiter 

N. Brinker.. Ellas 

do Lyndhaven 

do Henry Traverse 

New Era *Rowena 

do *Wm. A. Knapp 

Newbern :{:Robert E. Lee 280,000 00 

Newbern Squadron * Angler not pay 

do. *282 bales Cotton 

do. *Nicholai the First 14,188 11 

do. *Scotia 46,798 34 

New Ironsides Major E. Willis 34,144 07 

do. Neptune 

do. Anna 

do. Olive 

do. Secesh 

New London Gipsey 3,882 87 

do Delight 174 17 

do. Advocate 176 17 

do. Express 174 57 

do Osceola 179 52 

do. Henry Lewis 

do. A. J. View 

do E. W. Wilder 

do. Anne and Olive 

do. -^Raton del Nilo 

do. ^Dashing Wave 

do. Zalima 

. Niagara Gen. Parkhill 7,188 38 

do Meaco 

do. *Aid 

Northern Light Agnes H. Ward 8,324 19 

Norwich Sarah 19,782 44 

do 103 Casks Rice 2,614 00 

do 193 Casks Rico 

Nyphou §Banshee No, 1 72,500 00 

do Cornubia 03,000 00 

do. Ella and Annie 139,000 00 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY 213 

U. S. Ships. Name of Pkize. For Distribution. 
Nyplion Kate 

do 10 bales Cotton 

do *R. E. Lee 

Octorora Sloop Brave $348 16 

do. c Elias Reed 18,390 08 

do BoatPrize 600 30 

do *Jobn Williams 9,000 00 

do *Florence Nightingale 17,390 00 

do Tubal Cain.. 23,540 82 

do ^Steamer Yictoria 330,000 00 

do 521 bales Cotton 13,760 82 

do Prize 

do Handy 

do Eagle 

do *Five Brothers 

do "Rosalie 

do *W. T. Leitch 

do *R. 0. Files...- 

do Charlotte 

do Anne 

do Southern Independence. . . 

do Hunter 

do .Dart 

do Ann 

do Clara 

do Albert 

Ohio 

Onondaga, *Hetiwan 11,126 00 

Onward Flash 684 21 

do *Flag 

do. *Magicienne 

Osage 179 bales Cotton 

do James Battle 

Ossipee *Helena 

do William Bagley 

Oswego Active 

do Blue Bell 

Ottawa *Hetiwan 11,457 85 

do *America 

do. *C. C. Pinckney 

Owasco President 10,760 65 

do Eugenie 25,212 43 

do Cargo 



214 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribution. 

Owasco Active 

do -.Blue Bell 

do 8 bbls. Sugar 

Passaic *Grlide 

Paul Jones Major "Willis 

do Secesh 

Pawnee Harriet Ryan $2,0t4 00 

do Ocean Wave 2,000 95 

do Rowena 4,622 57 

do *Mary Wood 

do Sarah Jane 

Pembina Rowena 2,311 57 

do Elias Beckwith 

do Joe Flanner 

do ^Louisa 

Penguin Albro 

Penobscot ^Robert Bruce 31,356 GO 

do *Lizzie 

do ^Stingray 

. do. ..." *John Douglas 

do *Lilly 

Pequot *Don 

Pera Secesh 

do Charmer 

do *Emma 

Petrel Elmira 

Perry ^Hiawatha 239,703 71 

do Comet 

do Crittenden 

do •..,.. America 

do . . . . Alma 

do H. M. Johnson 

do *Alice 

do *Ellen Jane 

do *Savannah 

Philadelphia Lion 

do. Caroline 

do. Virginia j 

do. Napoleon '.. I 

Pink :j: Ann ' 

Pinola *Cora 

Pittsburg *Albion I 

do *Pet I 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 215 

U.S. Ships. Name of Pkize. For Distribution. 

Pittsburg 5 bales of Cotton 

Pocahontas E. J. Waterman $1,028 18 

do JCbeshire 53,102 43 

do Hunter 

do. "^Antonia 

Port Eoyal *Cotton and Tobacco 2,100 00 

do Fashion 

Portsmouth Pioneer 1,308 5t 

do , "Wave 

Potomac *Bloomer, No. 2 10,100 00 

do *Juha 2,150 00 

Potomaska Belle 

Powhatan ^Bradford not pay. 

do ^Mercury 802 00 

. do Major E. Willis 34,144 08 

do. Anne Dees 

do Secesh 

do *Mary Clinton 

Primrose Sarah Lavina 

do Ladies' Delight 

do Flying Cloud 

do Richard Yarex 

Princess Royal *Flying Scud 

do. *Wave 

Pursuit ". Annie Bell 5,388 18 

do Wm. Mallory; 5,968 45 

. do *Swan 202,298 01 

do ifAndromeda 12T,'726 06 

do ^Florida 175,000 00 

do *Kate 

Putnam Comet 

do Crittenden 

do America 

Quaker City Fair Wind 2,698 09 

do Amy Warwick 138,624 57 

do Orion 7,19l 46 

do North Carolina 4,096 27 

do. Mercury 802 00 

do Sally Mears 1,372 27 

do :}:Douro 150,538 78 

do Lily 145,000 00 

do Adelia 

do General Green 



216 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. 8. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distkibutiok. 

Quaker City Lynchburg 

do Winfred 

Queen Louise 

Rachael Seaman Adventure $1,625 34 

do. ^Course 5,096 15 

do. Dart 934 94 

do. Maria 4,12t 12 

do. *Velocity 442 38 

do. Calhoun 

do. ^Beauregard 

do. *]Srymph 

Reliance Blossom • 

do :{:Pointer 

Resolute Sabine 90 40 

do ^Capitola 

do *Eagle 

do *Ocean Wave 

do *Julia Worden 

Restless *Patras 52,450 00 

do Anglia 84,849 00 

do Scotia 93,596 00 

do Juha Worden 10,051 90 

do Flash 684 21 

do Wanderer 

do. Lyda and Mary 

do Ann 

do *Emily 

do *Elmira Cornelius 

do *John Thompson 

do *Boats of Rice 

Rhode Island Yenus 4,514 56 

do R. 0. Bryan 838 32 

do Cronstadt 294,264 68 

Richmond Alert 

Roanoke Albion, 7,486 36 

do *Alert 

Roebuck -, Sarah 19,T82 44 

do Kate 3,595 10 

do *Emma Amelia 

do *Two Brothers 

do *Nina 

do *Rebel 

do *Laurietta 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 21Y 

U. S. Ships. Name of Pkize. For Distribution. 

Eoebuck *Maria Louise 

do *Susan 

do *Eliza 

do *Caroline 

do *Mary 

Rowan's Expedition ....... :j:Clifton 

do. ifBlack "Warrior. 

do. :}:Eva Belle 

do. j:Eothen 

do. :j:Harriet and Sarah 

do. :};Lizzie Taylor 

do. :foid North State 

do. ^P. A. Sanders 

do. :}:Palma 

R. R. Cuyler Grace E. Baker $14,368 13 

do Osceola 174 52 

do Advocate 176 17 

do Delight 174 17 

do. Express 174 57 

do Anna Sophia 367 10 

do Kate Dale 356,000 00 

do. A. J. View 

do. Henry Lewis 

do H. W. Wilder 21,186 50 

do. Avenger 

do. Anna 

do. Olive 

do. Hunter 

do. *Anna 

do. Eugene 

do :j:Jane 

Sachem *Water Witch 3,792 00 

Sacramento Wanderer 

Sagamore Rose 3,600 00 

do Octavia 4,030-43 

do. Agnes 269 83 

do *Avenger 956 34 

do. Ellen 73 91 

do Francis 833 92 

do By George 303 31 

do Julia 390 15 

do. Friar 

do *Cotton 1,500 00 



218 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribution. 

Sagamore Clara Louisa 

do Shot 

do Brockenburg 

do Frolic 

do :{:Alicia 

do ^Ann 

do jciotbilde 

do :}:Charmer 

do '. . .Ellen 

do Enterprise 

do :{:Floyd 

do. New Year 

do Southern Rights 

do :1:11 bbls. Turpentine 

Sam Houston Soledad Cos 

Sam Rotan Martha Ann 

do Calhoun 

San Jacinto *Buckshot 

do. *Lizzie Davis 

do. *Lealiad 

do. *Edward" 

do. Alabama 

Santee Garonne $3,300 35 

do Delta 4,696 00 

Santiago de Cuba W. C. Bee 28,414 10 

do. LaWuia 8,694 U 

do. L. C. Holmes 25,792 VG 

do. Columbia 136,103 38 

I do. Brittania 174,000 00- 

do. Steamer Victory 330,000 00 

do. Maria 1,351 00 

do. :}:Ella Warley 70,085 34 

do. Lizzie 10,408 68 

do. :j; Victoria 

do. Comet 

Satellite Ladies' Delight 

do :{:Emily 

do :j:Three Brothers 

Savannah E. J. Waterman 7,028 18 

do :j:Cheshire 

Sciota Margaret 3,314 75 

do :t:Mary Dudley 

Sea Foam New Eagle 6,812 01 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 219 

U. S. Ships. Name of Peize. Foe Disteibittion. 

Sea Foam Sarah $6,138 33 

Seminole E. J. "Waterman 7,028 18 

do Albion 3,'743 36 

do :j:Cbarlestown 

do Lida 

do tSir William Peel 

Seneca Sarah 19,782 44 

do E. J. "Waterman 7,023 18 

do Anne Dees 

do. Cheshire 

Shawsheen Ellis 

do. Lyndhaven 

do. Name unknown 

do. *James Norcom 

Sheppard Knapp Sarah 19,782 44 

do. Fannie Laurie 

Somerset Curlew 5,354 77 

do :}:Circassian 300,000 GO 

do ^Hortense 

Sonoma Yirginia 48,690 97 

do itSpringbok 234,819 46 

do Cargo of Clyde 

Sophronia *Mignonette 

South Carolina Magnolia 167,404 08 

do Edward Barnard 28,688 73 

do Shark 3,558 17 

do Falcon 2,392 32 

do Soledad Cos 3,222 97 

do. Major "Willis 

do. ^Florida 

do. ^Caroline 

do ...*Dart 

do. *Ezilda 

do. *George Gr. Baker 

do. .^Joseph H. Toono 

do. *Nellie 

do. *Sam Houston 

do *T. J. Chambers 

Southfield :j:Israpoleon 70,754 36 

do. Lion 

do Caroline 

do "V^irginia 

*Star Hiawatha 239,703 00 



220 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Suips. Name of Prize. Foe Disteibution. 

Stars and Stripes Mary Elizabeth $88 43 

do. Lion 

do. Caroline 

do. Yirginia 

do. *Napoleon 

• do. Florida 

State of Georgia Sunbeam 74,966 14 

do. *Mary Elizabeth 

do. :j:Mersey 

do. Mary Jane 

do. X A-ngeline 

do. Annie 

do. ifNassau 

Stettin Major "Willis not pay. 

^ do ^Aries 147,000 00 

do ist. John 46,500 00 

do Alma , 2,887 00 

do Diamond 

do. Secesh 

St. Lawrence Mabel 5,194 98 

do. do. Supplementary 

do Good Luck 1,181 74 

do. Fanny Lee 

do. *Herald 

St. Louis Meaco 5.0,942 61 

Sumter ^Columbine 

do *Hattie Brook 

Sunflower Echo 

do General "Worth 

do Pushmatahs 

*Supply* Stephen Hart 250,000 00 

Susquehanna Princeton 2,942 66 

do *E. J. Waterman 7,028 18 

do ^Alabama 6,749 00 

do JAnn.... 300,000 00 

do. ^Baltimore 

do. *Coquette 

do. *Prince Alfred '. . . 

do. *San Juan 

Tahoma Uncle Mose 30,224 99 

do SilasHenry 216 12 

do Margaret 217 78 

do *Stonewall 1,085 65 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 231 

U.S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribution, 

Tahoma *Alligator $50 00 

do Yictory 8,034 55 

do. *Harriet 

do. Mary Jane 

do *Sugar and Molasses 

do *Crazy Jane 

do *Hendrick Hudson 

do .Statesman 

T. A. Ward .S. W. Green, No. 2 and 4. 

Teazer * Grapeshot 

do * Richards 

do *Justina 

Tennessee Friendship 

do Alabama 

Tioga Boat Prize 600 30 

do *Steamer Victoria 330,000 GO 

do Granite City 64,576 37- 

do Cotton of the Victory 8,034 66 

do 37^ bales Cotton 

do Avon 

do Justina 

do ^Brothers 

do *Nightingale 

do *Julia 

do *Nonesuch 

do Herald 

do *Swallow 

do ■^Pearl. 

do *Dolphin 

Two Sisters *Agnes, *Frolic, *0. S. 

Breeze 

Tyler * Alfred Robb 

Unadilla Lodona 231,830 11 

do. Rowena 2,31157 

do Major Willis 

do :j:Princess Royal 400,000 00 

do Neptune 

do *Mary Teresa 

Uncas "^Amelia 

do. *Belle 

Underwriter Comet 

do. Crittenden •, . . 

do. America 



222 HAND-BOOK OF 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribdtiok. 

Underwriter J. N. Seymour 

do Lyndhaven 

do. Name unknown 

do Ellis 

do. Lion 

do Caroline 

do Virginia 

do. Napoleon 

Union Amelia $18,066 43 

do Hattie Jackson 2,406 25 

do Geo.E.Baker 5,788 94 

do Spauldiug 

do ^Linnet 

do *Mayflower 

Valley City J. N. Seymour, Ellis, Lynd- 
haven, name unknown, 
Lion, Caroline, Virginia, 

Napoleon 

Vandalia Henry Middleton 20,212 23 

do Amelia 18,066 45 

do Geo. Gr. Baker 

do *Ariel 

do *Hannah Balch 

Vanderbilt Gertrude 80,074 29 

do Peterhoff 273,628 99 

Velocity *Corse 

Victoria Nicholai 1 28,377 94 

do Minna 959 00 

do *Nassau 

Vincennes *H. McGuin 

Virginia *Jennie, *Camille, *H. 

Colthwist, *Valiant. . . 

Wabash Amelia 18,066 45 

do *Mary Alice 

do *Sarah Starr 

do *'Wonder 

"Wachusett Virginia 48,690 56 

do Dolphin 

"Wamsutta Secesh 

do *Amelia 

"Wanderer .' Stonewall 1,085 65 

do *Annie B 

Water Witch W. Mallory 5,968 45 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 223 

U. S. Ships. Name of Prize. For Distribution. 

"Weehawken :j:Atalanta ^$450,000 00 

Western Flotilla ^Sovereign 

■Western Flotilla *Sumter 

Western Metropolis *Rosetta 

Western World Lot of Goods 

W. a. Anderson Theresa 3 353 80 

do Lily 4,353 65 

do. *Reindeer, alias J. Davis.. 6,843 00 

do. ^Beauregard 

do. McCanfield. 

do. ^Eoyal Yacht 

Whitehead Comet 

do Crittenden 

do America 

do Winter Shrubo 

do Lyndhaven 

do ISTame unknown 

do Ellis 

do ^Eugenia 

do *Ella D 

William Bacon *Mcholai 1 28,371 67 

do. Anna Squiers • 1,772 27 

Wissahickon Gipsey 3.882 84 

Wyandank Rising Sun 

do *A, W. Thompson 

do ^Southern 

do *Vesta 

Yacht America *Antelope 

Yankee Clara Ann, *Cassandra, 

^Massachusetts, *Isran- 
gemoy, *Remittance. . 

Young Rover. *A Schooner 

Zouave J. C. McCabe 

* Condemned but not ready for distribution. 
X Sold, but not finally decided by the courts. 
§ Returned to owners. 

Prize Law, {Old Law.) Half of all the prize money goes 
to the Government, for the benefit of the Pension 
Fund, and the other half to the captors, as follows : 
1-20 to the Commanding Officer of the fleet. 



224: HAND-BOOK OF 

2-20 to the Commanding Officer of the ship.- 

2-20 to Second Lieutenants, Captain Marines, and 
Sailing Masters. 

2-20 to Chaplains, Lieutenants Marines, Surgeons, 
Pursers, Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, and 
Masters' Mates. 

3-20^ to Midshipmen, Surgeon's Mates, Captain's 
Clerks, Schoolmasters, Boatswain's Mates, Gunner's 
Mates, Carpenter's Mates, Ship Stewards, Sail- 
makers, Master-at-arms, Armorers, Coxswains, and, 
Coopers. 

2-20 J to Gunners, Yeoman, Boatswain's Yeoman, 
Quartermasters, Second Gunners, Sailmaker's Mates, 
Sergeants and Corporals, Marines, Drummers, Fif- 
ers, and Extra Petty Officers. 

7-20 to Seamen, Ordinary Seamen, Marines, Lands- 
men, and Boys. 

Second and Third Assistant Engineers share with 
Midshipmen, &c. Firemen and Coal Heavers 
share with Seamen, &c. 
JVeiv Law. — After July 17th, 1862, distribution of prize 
money is according to monthly pay. 

Prize Agents, Walden & Willard, 188 York-Street, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. 

Q. 

Quaker City, S. W., 7 guns. 1,600 tons. L. 240, B. 36, 
D., 21. P. C. $117,500, 1861. 
Captures the bark Winifred, of Bichmond, Ya., from 
Bio Janeiro, with a valuable cargo of coffee. May 
25, 1861. 
Engages a Confederate battery, in Lynnhaven Bay, 
Ya., one seaman mortall}^ wounded, June 24, 1861. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 225 

Put into commission at Brooklyn 'Navy Yard, Dec, 

1861. 
Participates in the repulse of the iron-clad rams off 

Charleston Bar [see iron-clad raid off Charleston, 

S. C], June 31, 1863. 
Assists in capturing the Douro, March 9, 1863. 
Arrives in J^ew York, March, 1863. 
Extensively repaired at the Brooklyn E'avy Yard in 

the summer of 1863. 
Put in commission, Aug. 12, 1863. 
Sailed from ISTew York, Aug. 18, 1863. 
Collided with the Connecticut at sea, off Isew Inlet, in 

a gale of wind, seriously injuring her, Aug 21, 

1863. 

Queeil) S., 7 guns. 630 tons. B. K. Captured by the San- 
tiago d'Cuba, in lat. 25 N., long. 75 W., June 21, 
1863. 
i^ame changed from Victory. Taken into the naval 

service, July, 1863. 
Sailed from Boston for the Texas coast, Aug. 15, 1863. 
Arrived at ]N"ew York, March 4, 1864. 
Sailed from E'ew York, May 6, 1864. 

Queca City, S. W., 9 guns. 212 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron, 1863. 

Queen of the West, Kam. Attempts the destruction of 
the rebel iron-clad Arkansas, at Yicksburg. The 
Essex was with her, July 22, 1862. 

In the Yazoo Kiver expedition [see Yazoo Batteries], 
Dec. 29, 1862. 

Euins the rebel ram '^ City of Yicksburg," at the 
levee at Yicksburg ; sets her on fire, but fails to 
sink her ; the crew of the rebel vessel extinguish 
the flames, and the Queen of the West goes below 
Yicksburg, passing through a terrible fire of shot 



226 HAND-BOOK OF 

and sliell, uninjured, though struck fairly twelve 
times. [Admiral Porter subsequently reported 
that the " City of Yicksburg" was so badly injured 
in the attack, that her pumps would scarcely keep 
her free, and that her machinery was being taken 
out.] Feb. 2, 1863. 

Captures the rebel transports " A. "W. Baker," Ber- 
wick Bay," and " Moro," near the mouth of the Red 
River, Feb. 3, 1863. 

Captured in the Red River, near Gordon's Landing, 
her boilers having been exploded by a shot from a 
battery ; quite a number of her crew escaped on 
cotton bales, while twenty-one of them were cap- 
tured. Previous to the accident, she had captured 
the "New Era, N^o. 5," Feb. 14, 1863. 

As a rebel ram, captures the Indianola [see India- 
nola], Feb. 24, 1863. 

Destroyed by Admiral Porter's fleet, July 13, 1863. 

Quinse^amond, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 3,200 tons. Building 
at Boston Navy Yard, 1864. 



R. 

Ram Arkansas. The rebel ram Arkansas, which had been 
lying in the Yazoo River, attacked and passed 
through Farragut's fleet, at anchor above Yicks- 
burg. The fleet was without steam, and could do 
but little to destroy the daring vessel. She passed 
through the fleet delivering and receiving a severe 
fire and arrived at the levee under the guns of the 
powerful batteries at Yicksburg. The Union gun- 
boats fired broadside after broadside into her as she 
passed along, and succeed in doing her considera- 
ble damage. It is generally believed, that had the 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 227 

Union fleet been ready to receive the ram, they 
would have sunk or captured her. The afiair came 
off in broad daylight, and took the fleet by sur- 
prise, July 15, 1862. 
Was blown up by the officers, while under fire, in a 
crippled condition, and unable to use her guns, Aug. 
6, 1862. 

Ram Fleet, Mississippi Kiver Squadron : Queen of the 
West (lost). Lioness, Monarch, General Bragg, Gen. 
Price, General Pillow, Kosciusko, Lafayette, Little 
Rebel, Switzerland, Sampson. 

R. B. Forl)es, S., 3 guns. 329 tons. L. 121, B. 25, D. 
11. P. C. $52,500, 1863. 
At Port Eoyal [see Port Royal, S. C.], 'Nov. 7, 1861. 
Wrecked on the coast of North Carolina, Feb. 1862. 

Racer, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 252 tons. L. 107, 
B. 28, D. 9. P. C. $7,500, 1861. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla [see l^ew Orleans], 
April, 1862. 

Rachel Seaman, Schooner, 2 guns. 303 tons. L. 114, B. 
30, D. 9. P. C. $18,000, 1861. 
At Sabine Pass, Texas, Sept. 25, 1862. 
Arrives at New York, Aug. 29, 1863. 

Rattler, S. W., 6 guns. 166 tons. Mississippi Squadron, 

1862. 
At the capture of Arkansas Post [see Arkansas Post], 

Jan. 11, 1863. 
In the Yazoo Pass expedition and attack on Fort 

Pemberton, March 11-13, 1863. 
Attacked in the Tallahatchie River, March 19, 

1863. 
Aided by the Manitou, captures the rebel steamer 

Louisville in Little Red River, July, 1863. 
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228 HAND-BOOK OF 

Read, Abner, Commander, wounded on board of the Mo- 
nongaliela, at Donaldsonville, while in action, July 
7, 1863. 
Died at Baton Rouge, July 12, 1863. 

Red Rover, S. ^Y., 1 gun. 187 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron, 1862. 

Reindeer, S. W., 6 guns. 212 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron, 1862. 

Release, Bark, 4 guns. 327 tons. Purchased. 1855. 
On one occasion was within twenty miles of the rebel 

privateer Alabama, Jan., 1863. 
Store ship at Beaufort, IST. C, Aug., 1863. 

Reliance, S., 1 gun, 111 tons. L. 84, B. 16, D. 7. P. C. 
$15,000, 1861. 
Captured, with the Satellite, near the mouth of the 
Rappahannock River, Aug. 23, 1863. 

Relief, Ship, 4 guns. 468 tons. Built at Philadelphia, 
1836. 
Store ship, 1863. 

Arrived at Boston from Hampton Roads, Dec. 2, 
1861. 

Renshaw, Schooner, 1 gun. 80 tons, 1863. 

Ordnance vessel, at Newbern, I^sT. C, 1863. 

Rescite, S., 1 gun. Ill tons. L. 80, B. 18, D. 8. P. C. 
$17,300, 1861. 
Carries an expedition to Curitoman Creek, which 
destroys a schooner, and has a skirmish with the 
enemy, 'Nov. 9, 1861. 

Resolute, S., 2 guns. 90 tons. L. 84, B. 16, D. 7. P. C. 
$15,000, 1861. 
Attacks the rebel batteries at Aquia Creek, Ya., May 
31, 1861. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 229 

Captures the rebel schooner Bnena Yista in the Po- 
tomac, June 18, 1861. 
At Matthias Point battery, Aug. 16, 1861. 

Restless, Bark, 7 guns. 265 tons. L. 108, B. 27, D. 10. 

P. C. $12,000, 1861. 
Destroys three schooners and a sloop, loaded with rice, 

for Charleston, S. C, off Bull Bay, S. C, Feb. 14, 

1862. 
In a severe gale, long. 71.30, W. lat. 37.30 ]^ ; threw 

her armament overboard to save the vessel, April 4, 

1862. 

Rhode Island, S. W., 12 guns. 1,517 tons. L. 236, B. 

36,D.18. P. C. $185,000. Kame changed from 

Eagle, 1861. 
Employed as a supply vessel daring 1861 and a part 

of 1862. 
Sailed from Hampton Poads with the Monitor in 

tow, Dec. 29, 1862. 
Pescues the cre-w of the Monitor [see Monitor], Dec. 

31, 1862. 
Captures the Cronstadt, B. P., Aug. 16, 1863. 

Richmond, S., 24 guns. 1,929 tons. Built at l^orfolk, 

Ya., 1858. 
Attacked by the rebel ram Manassas and a flotilla of 

gunboats at the Head of the Passes, Mississippi 

River [see Head of the Passes], Oct. 12, 1861. 
Participates in the attack upon the rebel defences of 

Pensacola by the U. S. forces in Fort Pickens, 

'Nov. 22, 1861. 
Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip [see 

New Orleans], April 24, 1862. 
Passes Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 
Attacked by ram Arkansas [see ram Arkansas], July 

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Passes below the Yicksbiirg batteries, July 15, 

1862. 
Attemj^ts the passage of the Port Hudson batteries 

by night [see Port Hudson], March 14, 1863. 
After being thoroughly overhauled and refitted, sails 

from l^ew York for the Mobile blockade, Oct. 12, 

1863. 

Roanoke, S., 40 guns. 3,435 tons. Built at the Gosport 
ISTavy Yard, 1855. 

Arrived at Fortress Monroe, reporting having de- 
stroyed a privateer off the coast, July 22, 1861. 

Participates in the engagement in Hampton Roads 
[see Merrimac Fight], March 8, 1862. 

[Iron-clad, 6 guns.] Cut down to her gun deck at 
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and then removed to the 
!N"ovelty Iron Works, where she was covered with 
iron plating 4^ inches thick, and three turrets 
placed on her deck, May, 1862 to June, 1863. 

Put in commission, June 26, 1863. 

Sent to Fortress Monroe as a harbor defence. 

Roanoke Island. On the 28th of Jan., 1862, all the ves- 
sels composing the naval branch of the combined ex- 
pedition intended to participate in the reduction of 
Roanoke Island and operate elsewhere in its vicinities, 
were over the bulkhead at Hatteras Inlet and in 
readiness for service, but it was not until the 5th in- 
stant that those composing the army branch of it 
were similarly situated. Early on the morning of the 
5th, the necessary general signals for a move were 
thrown out from the Philadelphia, and, as soon after- 
ward as could be expected for so large a number of 
vessels, all were under way, with the navy division 
arranged in three columns, commanded by Lieuts. 
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Although the weather was favorable, their progress 
was slow. A steamer with the sloop Granite in tow 
\vas sent ahead to ascertain if the buoy on the eastern 
extremity of Long Point Shoal, distant some twenty 
miles from the Inlet, had been removed ; if so to 
place another already prepared in its stead. At sun- 
down they arrived off Stumpy Point and within ten 
miles of the marshes. The whole force anchored by 
signal, each vessel occupying as nearly as practicable 
the same relative position toward the rest as she had 
done in steaming. Here it was judged expedient to 
send a small party to visit a certain house on the 
mainland for the purpose of securing, even forcibly, 
the services of a person whose name had been given 
at the Inlet. An officer took it in charge, and before 
midnight brought the man on board the Philadelphia. 
On the morning of the 6th of February the admiral, 
with his staff and fleet, changed their quarters tem- 
porarily from the Philadelphia to the Southfield, and 
hoisted their flag on board of her. In a little while 
after the whole force was again under way, with two 
light draught steamers, the Ceres and Putnam, a mile 
or so ahead, in order to detect the enemy himself or 
any obstructions he might have concealed. The 
weather was now thick and threatening, and bad for 
distant discoveries. About nine o'clock it cleared' 
away in the direction of Poanoke Island, and then 
for the first time the enemy w^as distinctly recognized, 
armed and lying at anchor, apparently close in with 
the shore between Pork and Wier Point ; but in 
half an hour afterwards, when within a couple of 
miles of the marshes, it again became thick and 
rainy, and this induced them to anchor once more. 
In the course of the afternoon the enemy's steamers 
approached the marshes for the purpose of reconnoi- 



232 HAND-BOOK OF 

tering, but met with no opposition, as tlie Union 
commander was willing that they should accomplish 
their wishes. The following morning, Friday, Feb- 
ruary 7, at daylight, the weather was clear. At 
nine o'clock, and for the third time since leaving 
the Inlet, the whole force was put under way. 
Being anxious to make a decided impression upon 
the enemy early in the contest, all the vessels with 
9-incli guns were ordered to close up around the flag 
ship. At 10.30 A. M., the enemy's vessels, eight in 
number, all being drawn up behind an extensive ob- 
struction formed by a double row of piles and sunken 
vessels stretching well across the sound and between 
the forts on Pork and Wier Points. One of them 
fired a heavy gun, probably to announce generally 
that an attack was just impending. The Underwriter 
failing to draw a reply to a shot she had fired, sig- 
nalled " no battery on Sandy Point." The omission 
to guard this point was favorable to the landing of 
troops at Ash by 's harbor. By noon, our vessels hav- 
ing approached still nearer, the action became general 
on their part and that of the enemy. At 1.30 p. m. the 
effect of our firing caused the barracks behind the fort 
at Pork Point to burst into flames, and at 2.15 p. m. tliey 
were raging furiously beyond redemption. Through- 
out the Sound, lying between Roanoke Island and the 
main land, the water was shallow. With one or 
or two exceptions, none of the vessels used drew 
less than seven feet, and some drew more than 
eight. Towards 3 p. m., the troops, embarked on 
board of light draught steamers and boats, started 
to land at Ashby's Harbor. The place was guarded 
by a large body of the enemy, with a field battery ; 
but the Delaware, with Commodore Rowan on board, 
and his division flag at her masthead, having very 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 233 

judiciously taken a flanking position to the southward 
of Pork Point, and thus mosto23portunely being nearer 
at hand, immediately turned her guns toward the 
harbor, and with some 9-inch shrapnels, soon cleared 
the way. At 4.30 p. M.^Pork Point battery and the 
one next to the northward of it, ceased for a while to 
reply to our fire, five of the enemy's steamers, appar- 
ently injured, went behind "VVier's Point, and the 
first landing of our troops took place. At 5 p. m., 
these batteries again opened upon our vessels, and the 
enemy's steamers once more put forth, and opened 
upon us. At 6 p. M., the order to cease firing was 
given, as darkness was coming on, and to continue 
would only waste ammunition. In the course of the 
afternoon, six launches, under the command of Mid- 
shipman Benjamin H. Porter, landed their howitzers, 
and joined the army, for the purpose of commanding 
the main road and its two forks during the night, and 
assisting in more active operations the following day. 
By midnight, some 10,000 of our troops had been 
landed at Ashby's Harbor: the Delaware having 
taken on board from the Cossack some 800, and put 
them on shore at 10 p. m. At* daylight, February 8th, 
none of the enemy's vessels, except the Curlew, could 
be discovered. At 9 a. m., a continuous firing in the 
interior of the island told us that our forces were en- 
gaged about midway between Ashby's Harbor and 
Pork Point battery ; but being assured that our forces 
were not in range of our line of fire, our vessels, with- 
out w^aiting for orders from General Burnside, at once 
moved up to re-engage the forts. At 1 p. m., judging 
that the time had arrived for clearing the passage way 
through the obstructions, by the accomplishment of 
which, both the battery on Redstone Point and the 
Curlew might be destroyed, and our advance up Albe- 



234 HAND-BOOK OF 

marie Sound would be secured : the Underwriter, 
Yallej City, Seymour, Lockwood, Ceres, Shawsheen, 
Putnam, Whitehead, and Brincker, were ordered 
to perform the service. By 4 p. m., one of them had 
overcome the difficulty for herself, and reached the 
other side, and in less than half an hour more a suf- 
ficient way for all the rest was opened. About the 
same time that our vessels succeeded in bursting 
through the barricades, the American flag was hoist- 
ed over the battery at Pork Point, and in a few min- 
utes afterward the enemy fired the works at Pedstone 
Point, and also the steamer Curlew. Both blew up 
in the early part of the evening. These events closed 
the struggle which had lasted throughout two days, 
and were the last scenes enacted in securing a com- 
plete possession of the Island of Poanoke. 
The following vessels took part in the engagement : — 
Philadelphia (flag ship), Stars and Stripes, Louisiana, 
Hetzel, Underwriter, Delaware, Yalley City, South- 
field, Hunchback, Morse, Whitehead, J. JST. Sey- 
mour, Shawsheen, J. L. Lockwood, Ceres, W. Gr. 
Putnam, Henry Brinker, Commodore Perry, Com- 
modore Barney, and Granite, Feb. 7-8, 1862. 

Rocket, S., 1 gun. 127 tons. P., 1863. 

Ordnance tug at the Brooklyn ISTavy Yard, 1863-4. 

Rodgers, Commodore G. W., killed in action on board of 
the Catskill, at Charleston, S. C, Aug. 17, 1862. 

Rodolph, S. W., 6 guns. 217 tons. West Gulf Squadron, 
1863. 

Roebuck, Bark, 5 guns, 455 tons. L. 135, B. 27, D. 14. 
P. C. $20,000, 1861. 
Sends her launch up St. Andrew's Bay, Fla., on a re- 
connoissance. The crew were attacked by a party 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 235 

of guerillas ; out of the eleven persons in her, two 
were killed and six wounded, March 20, 1863. 

Roman, Ship, 1 gun, 350 tons. L. 113, B. 26, D. 1-3. P. 
C. $7,400, 1861. 
Has been used as a store ship during the war, 1864. 

Romeo, S. W., 6 guns. 175 tons. Mississippi Squadron, 

1862. 
Yazoo River expedition [see Yazoo Batteries], Dec. 

29, 1862. 
At Haines' Bluff [see Haines' Bluff], April 30 to May 

1, 1863. 
At Goodrich's Landing, June 30, 1863. 

Rosalie, Sloop, 1 gun, 28 tons. East Gulf Squadroi^ 

1863. 

Rose, S., 1 gun. 96 tons. P. Fitted at E'ew York, 
1863-4. 

R. R. Cuyler, S. 12 guns. 1,202 tons. L. 238, B. 32, D. 

22. P. C. $165,000, 1861. 
Captures the schooner J. W. "Wilder fifteen miles 

west of Mobile Bar. [This vessel was condemned, 

and used by the coast survey officers attached to 

Farragut's fleet.] Jan. 20, 1862. 
Captures the schooner Eugenie (now in the service), 

May 7, 1863. 
Destroys the rebel schooner Isabel, near Fort Morgan, 

and captures three others, May 18, 1863. 



s. 

SaMne, Frigate, 52 guns. 1,726 tons. Built at the Brook 
I lyn mvy Yard, 1855. 

Kescues the marine battalion from the sinkino; trans- 



236 HAND-BOOK OF 

port Governor, of the Port Royal expedition, Nov. 

2, 1861. 
Returns to 'New York after a successful cruise after 

the U. S. ship Yermont, April 15, 1862. 
Cruises for privateers. 
Recruiting service at eastern seaport towns. 

Sabine Pass, Texas, Attacked by the Kensington, Ra- 
chel Seaman, and Henry Janes, Sept. 25, 1862. 
A joint expedition, consisting of about 4,000 troops, 
under Major General Franklin, and the gunboats 
Clifton, Sachem, Arizona, and Granite City, attacks 
Sabine Pass. The movement was to have been made 
at dawn on the 7tli of Sept., but owing to unavoid- 
4 able delay it did not take place until 3 p. m. the fol- 
lowing afternoon. At 9 o'clock a. m., the gunboats 
and transports stood in and opened on the fort, which 
was unanswered; at 3.30 p. m., a general engage- 
ment began, and the enemy soon put a shot through 
the boilers of the Sachem and Clifton, completely 
disabling them, and they were obliged to surrender. 
The transports, seeing how matters stood, fled, 
and thus the expedition w^as abandoned, Sept. 8, 
1863. 

Sachem, S., 5 guns, 197 tons. L. 121, B. 23, D. 7. P. 
C. $10,000, 1861. 

Coast survey vessel, Farragut's fleet, at New Or- 
leans, April, 1862. 

Sends a boat expedition which captures a schooner in 
Aransas Bay, Texas, Dec. 6, 1862. 

Sends a boat expedition to cut ont an armed schooner 
in Corpus Christi Pass. Failed. Dec. 7, 1862. 

Attacked by the rebel flotilla in Galveston Bay, Texas 
[see Galveston, Texas], Jan. 1, 1863. 

Attacks Port Hudson batteries, while Farragut passes 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 237 

tnem in tlie Hartford [see Port Hudson], March 

14, 1863. 
At the surrender of Brashear City, July 22, 1863. 
Captured at Sabine Pass [see Sabine Pass, Texas], 

Sept. 8, 1863. 

Saco, S., 8 guns. 593 tons. Built at Boston, 1863-4. 
Launched, Aug. 25, 1863. 

Sacramento, S., 14 guns. 1,367 tons. Built at the Ports- 
mouth 'Nsivj Yard. Engines by the Taunton 
Locomotive Manufacturing Co., Taunton, Mass., 
1861. 

Went on a trial trip, Jan. 22, 1864. 

Went to sea, Feb. 2, 1864. 

Sailed from Boston on special service, March 24, 1864. 

Put in commission, for special service in European 
waters, to search for rebel privateers. At Ports- 
mouth, K H., June 7, 1864. 

Sagamore, S., 5 guns, 507 tons. Built at Boston by A. & 
G. SamjDson. Engines by the Atlantic Works, 
Boston, 1861. 

Sends a boat expedition, accompanied by the boats of 
the Mercedita to Apalachicola, which they capture, 
with several small vessels, some of which they de- 
stroy, April 3, 1862. 

Sends a boat expedition to Smyrna, Fla., to destroy a 
schooner. On the approach of the boat, she was 
fired by the enemy, and the people on shore fired 
into them, killing one and wounding five of the 
crew, March 1, 1863. 

Sends an expedition to Bayport, Fla., April 4, 1863. 

Captures four schooners, Aug. 8, 1863. 

Saginaw, S. W., 5 guns. 453 tons. Built at San Fran- 
cisco, 1858. 



238 HAND-BOOK OF 

Attached to tlie Pacific Squadron, 1861-4. 
A battery at Kin-hone, China, fired npon her, but done 
no damage, July 12, 1861. 

Sam Houston, Schooner, 1 gun. Q6 tons. West Gulf 
Squadron. 

Samson, S. W. (ram), guns. 600 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron, 1861. 

Samuel Rotan, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 212 tons. L. 
110, B. 28, D. 7. P. C. $11,000, 1861. 
Attached to the East Gulf Squadron. 

Sandusky, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 479 tons. Built at Pitts- 
burg, Pa., 1863-4. 

Sangamon, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844 tons. Built at Ches- 
ter, Pa., 1862. 

Launched, Oct. 27, 1862. 

Put in commission, Feb., 1863. 

Leaves Chester, Pa., for Fortress Monroe, Feb. 9, 
1863. 

Accompanied by the Commodore, Barney, Cohasset, 
and John Farron (army transport), make a recon- 
noissance up the James Piver, and engages the 
enemy, Aug. 4, 5, 1863. 

Arrived at Port Eoyal, S. C, Feb. 11, 1864. 

San Jacinto, S., 14 guns. 1,446 tons. Built at the Brook- 
lyn Navy Yard, 1850. 

Was notified of the presence of a large number of 
rebel vessels at Havana, Cuba, whither she pro- 
ceeded, Oct. 24, 1861. 

Stops the British mail steamer Trent, in the Baliama 
Channel, and removed from on board the so-called 
Confederate ministers, Mason and Slidell, with 
their secretaries [see Mason and Slidell]. Their ' 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 239 

families were allowed to proceed in the Trent, Nov. 
8, 1861. 

Arrived at Fortress Monroe with the prisoners, ISTov. 
15, 1861. , 

Transferred Mason and Slidell to Fort Warren, Bos- 
ton Harbor, Dec. 1861. 

Flagship of the West India Squadron, 1862, and a 
part of 1863. 

Captures the Lizzy Davis, B. R., Sept. 16, 1863. 

Flagship of the East Gulf Squadron, 1863-4. 

Santee, Frigate, 49 guns, 1,726 tons. Built at Kittery, 
Me., 1855. 
First and second launches capture and destroy the 
rebel privateer " Royal Yacht," at two o'clock a. m., 
on the morning of the 8th of November. The crew, 
consisting of thirteen persons, w^ere taken prison- 
ers, and the privateer set on fire. Lieut. Jewett, 
one officer, and six of the sailors were wounded, 
Nov. 8, 1861. 
Was sent north from the Galveston blockade; her 
crew suffered with the scurvy, and after being re- 
fitted, she was sent to the Naval Academy as a 
school ship for the midshipmen. She is there at 
present time, 1864. 

Santiago de Cuba, S. W., 10 guns. 1,567 tons. Ma- 
chinery by Neptune Iron Works. L. 229, B. 38, 
D. 19.' P. C. $200,000, 1861. 

Went into commission, 1861. 

Captures the Victory, B. R. (Queen), June 20, 1863. 

Captures the Britannia, B. R., June 25, 1863. 

Captures the Lizzie, B. R., July 15, 1863, 

Sarah Bruen, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 233 tons. L. 
106, B. 27, D. 9. P. C. $7,000, 186L 



240 HAND-BOOK OF 

One of tlie Porter mortar flotilla [see New Orleans, or 

mortar flotilla], April, 1862. 
Bombards the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 
At t^e Port Hudson batteries [see Port Hudson], 

May 23, 1863. 

Saranac, S. W., 13 guns. 1,446 tons. Built at Kittery, 
Me, 1848. 
Attached to the Pacific Squadron, 1861-2-3-4. 

Saratoga, Sloop-of-war, 22 guns. 882 tons. Built at Kit- 
tery, Me., 1842. 

Sassacus, S. "W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Ports- 
mouth, K H., 1863. 

Made her trial trip at sea, Oct. 5, 1863." 

Arrived at Washington, D. C, Nov. 19, 1863. 

Sailed from Washington, D. C, Jan. 22, 1864. 

Sailed from Fortress Monroe for the blockade, Jan. 
. 25, 1864. 

Arrived at Washington, D. C, from the blockade, "^ 
April 12, 1864. 

Sailed from thence, April 15, 1864. 

Rams the rebel iron-clad Albemarle in Albemarle 
Sound, and cripples her. The Sassacus had her 
boiler perfora'ted by a shot, and twenty of her otii- 
cers and crew scalded and injured. May 5, 1864. 

Satellite, S. W., 2 guns. 217 tons. L. 120, B. 22, D. 8. 

P. C. $19,000, 1861. 
Skirmishes with the enemy at Tappahanock, Va,, June 

30, 1863. 
Captured by a rebel boarding party near the mouth 

of the Rappahannock River, Aug 23, 1863. 

SailgUS, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Built at Wil- 
mington, Del.,\863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 241 

Sailed from Philadelphia for Hampton Roads, April, 

1864. 
Attached to Admiral Lee's James River flotilla. May, 
1864. 

Sayannah, Sloop of war, 7 guns (24-gtin ship), 1,726 tons. 
Built at Brooklyn, 1842. 
"V7as converted into a school ship for junior officers 
early in the war, and has remained at the Brooklyn 
:N'avy Yard since, 1862-3-4. 

Savannah River, Ga. — A joint expedition of the military 
and naval forces at Port Royal were sent up the 
Savannah River to ascertain if operations were 
practicable in the direction of Savannah, and, at 
the same time, to cause a distraction of the rebel 
forces, as the Union troops and flotilla were about 
to attack Fernandina, Fla., in January, 1862. The 
naval portion of the operations was under the com- 
mand of Fleet Captain C. H. Davis, who was ac- 
companied by Commander C. R. P. Rodgers. The 
vessels comprising the fleet were the Ottawa, 
Seneca, Isaac Smith, Potomoka, Ellen, Western 
World, and two armed launches from the Wabash. 
The army transports were the Cosmopolitan,- Dela- 
ware, and Boston, under command of Brig. Gen. H._ 
G. Wright. A brief but sharp engagement ensued 
between the Union and Confederate vessels ; the 
latter being under the command of Flag Officer 
Tatnall, C. S. ^. The rebel vessels were obliged 
to withdraw from the action ; one of them sunk 
shortly after she reached the wharves at Savannah. 
The city was thrown into a terrible state of excite- 
ment, and the expedition accomplished its object, 
Jan. 28, 1863. 
Blockade established by the Flag, E. B. Hale, and 
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242 HAND-BOOK OF 

the rebel flotilla, who came down to drive the Union 
vessels off, Feb. 14, 1862. 

Five infernal machines discovered in the Savannah 
Eiver, Feb. 16, 1862. 
Sciota, S., 5 guns. 507 tons. Built at Philadelphia by Jacob 
Birley. Engines by Isaac P. E'orris & Co., 1861. 

Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 
[see New Orleans.] As flagship of the third divi- 
sion. Commander H. H, Bell, April 24, 1862. 

Attacks and passes the Vicksburg batteries, June 28, 
1862. 

Attacked by the ram Arkansas [see ram Arkansas], 
July 15, 1862. 

Passes below the Yicksburg batteries, July 15, 1862. 

Attacked by the batteries at Donaldson ville, Lieut. 
Swazey her executive officer, late of the Yaruna, 
killed, Oct. 4, 1862. 

Sunk by collision with the Arizona in the Mississippi 
Eiver, July, 1863. 

Paised and fitted for service, 1863. 
SCta Bird, Schooner, 1 gun. 57 tons. Tender to the East 

Gulf Squadron, 1863. 
Sea Foam, Brig, 4 guns. 264 tons. L. 112, B. 26, D. 10. 
P. C. $10,000, 1861. 

One of the Porter mortar flotilla [see 'New Orleans], 
April, 1862. 
Sebago, S. W., 10 guns. 832 tons. Built at the Ports- 
mouth l^avy Yard. Engines by the Novelty Iron 
Works, K Y., 1861-2. 

Put in commission, March 20, 1862. 

Arrived at Fortress Monroe, April 11, 1862. 

At Yorktown, Ya., May 4, 1862. 

Sent up the Pamunkey Piver to destroy rebel trans- 
ports. May 17, 1862. 

Joined the South Atlantic Squadron, July 20, 1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAYY. 243 

Sclfridge's Cut-Off, Mississippi Eiver. — A canal cut by or- 
der of Lieut. Commanding T. O. Selfridge, U. S. 'N., 
commanding the Conestoga, connecting the Miss- 
issippi Eiver with the Arkansas, thereby saving a 
distance of ten miles navigation, and bringing the 
mouths of the White and Arkansas Eivers in such 
close proximity, that both could be blockaded by one 
vessel. The work was accomplished April, 1863. 

Seminole, S., 9 guns. 801 tons. Built at the Pensacola 

Kavy Yard, 1858. 
Engages the rebel battery at Freestone Point, on the 

Potomac, Sept. 25, 1861. 
Fired into on the Potomac, Oct. 15, 1861. 
At the capture of Port Royal, S. C. [see Port Poyal, 

S. C], ISToY. 7, 1861. 
At the capture of Fernandina, Fla. [see Fernandina, 

Fla.], March 4, 1862. 
Captures the Sir William Peel, B. R., Sept. 11, 1863. 

Seneca, S., 5 guns. 507 tons. Built by Jeremiah Simon- 
son, at Greenpoint, L. I. Engines by the E'ovelty 
Iron Works, K Y., 1861. 

At the capture of Port Royal, S. C. [see Port Royal, 
S. C], Nov. 7, 1861. 

On an expedition to Warsaw Sound, Dec. 5, 1861. 

Attached to the Savannah River expedition [see 
Savannah River], Jan. 28, 1862. 

Assists in the capture of Fernandina, Fla. [see Fer- 
nandina, Fla.], March 4, 1862. 

Lieut. Commanding Sprosten, commanding the 
Seneca, was killed by a guerilla chief named 
George Huston, whom he had gone on shore to 
capture, at Mayport Mills, St. Johns River, Fla. 
The murderer was immediately fired upon, and 
wounded in four places, June 8, 1862. 



244 HAND-BOOKOF 

Attacks Fort McAllister, Ga. [see Fort McAllister], 

Jan. 27, 1863. 
At the second attack on Fort McAllister, Feb. 1, 

1863. 
Assists in the destruction of the privateer Nashville 

in the Ogeechee Eiver, Feb. 28, 1863. 
In the attack upon Fort Wagner [see Fort Wagner], 

July 18, 1863. 
Sends an armed boat's crew, who destroy the Hudson 

Place Salt Works, near Darien, Ga., Sept. 22, 1863. 

SewalPs Point Batteries, Ya., were shelled by the IT. S. 
fleet in Hampton Roads, preparatory to an advance 
U230n ]^orfolk by tlie IJnion troops. The following 
vessels participated in the attack : Minnesota, 
Monitor, Susquehanna, Dacotah, Seminole, San 
Jacinto, Mount Yernon, and IN'augatuck, May 8, 
1862. 
Evacuated by the enemy. May 9, 1862. 

Sliakamaxon, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 3,200 tons. Building at 
the Philadelphia IN'avy Yard, 1864. 

8hamokin, S. W., 10 guns. 1,030 tons. Building at Ches- 
ter, Pa., 1864. 

Shamrock, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at the 
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Engines by the Allaire 
Iron Works, 1863. 
Launched, April 17, 1863. 

Sliark, Schooner, guns. 87 tons. South Atlantic Squad- 
ron, 1863. 

Shawmiit, S., 5 guns. 593 tons. Built at Portsmouth, N. 
II., 1863. 
Launched, June 15, 1863. 

Sliawshcen, S. W., 3 guns. 180 tons. L. 118, B. 23, D. 
7. P. C. $16,000, 1861. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 245 

At Roanoke Island [see Roanoke Island], Feb. 7, 

1862. 
At Elizabeth City [see Elizabetli City, E". C], Feb. 

10, 1862. 
At Hamilton, I^^. C. [see Hamilton], July 9, 1862. 
E'euse River operations, Dec. 12, 1862. 
Attacks the enemy near Fort Anderson, IST. C, March 

4, 1863. 

Shepherd Knap, Ship, 8 guns. 838 tons. L. 160, B. 33, 
D. 22. P. C. $35,718, 1861. 
Made a six months' cruise, sailing over 30,000 miles, 
and was 110 days in close pursuit of the privateer 
Sumter, 1862. 
Wrecked on the reef off the harbor of Cape Haytean, 
May 18, 1863. 

Shawnee, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at East 
Boston, 1864. 

Shenandoah, S., 10 guns. 1,378 tons. Built at the Phila- 
delphia N^avy Yard. Engines by Merrick & Sons, 
Philadelphia, 1861-2. 

Sailed from the Philadelphia E'avy Yard, Sept. 8, 
1862. 

Sailed from the Philadelphia 'Navy Yard second 
time, June 25, 1863. 

Arrived at Boston, June 30, 1863. 

Shiioh, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Built at St. Louis, 

1864. 

Shokokoa, S. W., 6 guns. 700 tons. P. Formerly one 
of Geo. Law's ferry-boats. 
Went into commission at the Brooklyn E'avy Yard, 
May 19, 1863. 



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Assists in the destruction of tlie Hebe, B. R., off New 
Inlet, N". C, Aug. 18, 1863. 

Signal, S. "W., 6 guns. 190 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 
At the Yazoo River expedition [see Yazoo Batteries], 

Dec. 29, 1862. 
At Haines' Bhiff [see Haines' Bluff], April 30, May 

1, 1863. 
Yazoo City [see Yazoo City], July 18, 1863. 

Sidney €• Jones, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 215 tons. 

L. 113, B. 28, D. 12. P. C. $10,500, 1861. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla [see New Orleans], 

April, 1862. 
At the Yicksburg Batteries, June 28, 1862. 
Blown up to prevent her falling into the hands of the 

enemy. Owing to a misconception of orders, she 

was blown up, whereas she could have been saved, 

July 15, 1862. 

Silver Cloud, S. W., 6 guns. 236 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. 

Silver Lake, S. W., 6 guns. 212 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron. 
Assists in the repulse of 4,500 rebels, who had at- 
tacked the Union forces at Dover, Tenn., Feb. 4, 
1863. 

Snowdrop, S., 2 guns. 125 tons. P. and fitted at New 
York, 1863-4. 

Somerset, S. W., 6 guns. 521 tons. 

Captures the steamship Circassian — prize, April 4, 
1862. 

Sends a boat expedition to destroy the salt works at 
Cedar Key, Fla. The boats of the Tahoma as- 
sisted, and the result was very satisfactory, Oct. 6, 
1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 247 

Saves the armament and many of the stores from the 
wreck of the U. S. bark Amanda, June, 1863. * 

Destroys the saltworks near Alligator Bay, Fla., July, 
1863. 

Sonoma, S. "W., 9 guns. 955 tons. Built at the Ports- 
mouth E'avy Yard. Engines by the N'ovelty Iron 
Works, 1862. 
Starts on her memorable chase after the privateer 
Florida, Feb. 1, 1863. 

Sophronia, Schooner, 2 guns, 1 mortar. 217 tons. L. 
104, B. 28, D. 8. P. C. $8,000, 1861. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla [see ~New Orleans^ or 
Mortar Flotilla], April, 1862. 

South Carolina, S., 8 guns. 1,165 tons. L. 217, B. 33, 

D. 25. P. C. $172,500, 1861. 
Shells Galveston, Texas, Aug. 3, 1861. 

Soutlificld, S. W., 7 guns. 751 tons. P., 1862. 

At the attack upon Poanoke Island [see Poanoke 
Island], Feb. 7, 1862. 

At JSTewbern, N". C. [see ISTewbern, IST. C], March 14, 
1862. 

Attacked by the enemy at Plymouth, ]^. C. ; the 
sixth shot from the battery passed through her 
steam chest, and disabled her engine ; the casual- 
ties were one dangerously and two slightly wound- 
ed, and one drowned, Dec. 10, 1862. 

Aids the besieging troops at Washington, N^. C. [see 
Washington, K C], April 3, 1863. 

Sunk by rebel ram Albemarle, at Plymouth, E". C, 
April 18, 1864. 

Sovereign, S. W., ram. 440 tons. Mississippi Squadron. 

Speedwell, S., 2 guns. 350 tons. Building at Boston, 
1864. 



248 HAND-BOOKOF 

Springfield, S. ^Y., 6 guns. 146 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron. 

Squando, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at East 
Boston, 1863-4. 

Standisb, S., 2 guns. 350 tons. Building at Boston, 
1864. 

St. Clair, S. W., 6 guns. 203 tons. Mississippi Squad- 
ron, 1862-4. 
Aids in driving back tlie enemy, who Lad attacked 
the Union forces at Dover, Tenn., Feb. 4, 1863. 

St. Lawrence, Frigate, 12 guns (50 gun ship). 1,726 tons. 

Built at the Gosport I^avy Yard, 1847. 
Captures the brig Herald, B. E., off Charleston, Aug., 

1861. 
Captures the privateer Petrel, off Charleston, S. C, 

Aug., 1861. 
At the engagement in Hampton Beads [see Merri- 

mac Fight], March 8, 1862. 
Sailed from Hampton Beads for Key "West, as flag 

ship of the East Gulf Squadron, May 9, 1862. 
Ordnance ship of the ISTorth Atlantic Squadron, at 

Hampton Eoads, 1864. 

St. Louis, Sloop of war, 18 guns. 700 tons. Built at the 
Washington 'Nsivy Yard, 1828. 
Employed on a special cruise after privateers, 1863-4. 
Slie is in Funchal, Madeira, in company with the 
privateer Florida, Feb. 27, 1864. 

St. Louis, (Steamer), Mississippi Squadron. 

Attacked by three rebel gunboats near Columbus, 

Ky., Jan.' 11, 1862. 
At the capture of Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 249 

Flag ship at the attack on Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 
1862. 

Assists in the capture of Memphis, and the destruc- 
tion of the rebel flotilla, June 6, 1862. 

At Charles City, Ark., June IT, 1862. 

St. Mary's, Sloop of war, 23 guns. 985 tons. Built at 
the Washington JSTavy Yard, 1844. 
Attached to the Pacific Squadron, 1861-4. 

Stars and Stripes, S., 5 guns. 407 tons. L. 147, B. 34, 
D. 9. r. C. $55,000, 1861. 

Attacks Roanoke Island, N". C. [see Eoanoke Island], 
Feb. 7, 1862. 

At JSTewbern [see Xewbern, IST. C], March 14, 1862. 
State of Georgia, S. W., 8 guns, 1,204 tons. L. 214, B. 
84, D. 17. P. C. $89,025, 1861. 

At the attack and capture of Fort Macon, I^. C. [see 
Fort Macon], April 26, 1862. 

Sailed from Hampton Poads with the iron-clad Pas- 
saic in tow, Dec. 29, 1862. 

Arrived at Beaufort, N". C, June 1, 1863. 

Stepping Stones, S. W., 5 guns. 226 tons. L. 14, B. 24, 
D. 7. P. C. $20,000, 1861. 

Nansemond River operations, April 14, 1863. 
Stettin, S., 5 guns. 600 tons. B. R. Captured near 
Bull Bay, by the Bienville, May 24, 1862. 

Converted into a commissioned vessel of war, 1862-3. 

Captures the Aries, B. R., March 28, 1863. 

Captures the St. John, B. R., April 18, 1863. 

Captures the Dramona, B. R., Sept. 26, 1863. 

Captures the Alma, B. R., Oct. 31. 1863. 

Stockdale, S. W., 6 guns, 188 tons. West Gulf Squadron. 

Stonewall, Schooner, 1 gun. 30 tons. East Gulf Squad- 
ron. 



250 HAND-BOOK OF 

Stone Fleet was composed of the following old vessels^ 
loaded with stone, for the purpose of sinking in the 
channels, and closing certain ports of the States in 
rebellion : — 

John Alexander, Schr., P, at Bait., Md C. $2,000 

Ellen Goldsborough, Schr., P. at Bait., Md.. 1,500 

Mary and Hetty, Schr., P. at Bait., Md 1,500 

Alvarado, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md 1,200 

Southerner, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md 900 

Sonth Wind, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md. . . 1,500 

William and James, Schr, P. at Bait., Md... 600 

Delaware Farmer, Schr., P. at Bait., Md.... 500 

Mary Frances, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md... 800 

George P. Upshur, Schr., P. at Bait., Md.. . 800 

Orion, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md 800 

Sarah Bibby, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md. . . 800 

Patriot, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md 600 

Hero, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md 600 

Sarah M. Kemp, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md. 800 

Augustus Hally, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md. 600 

W. W. Burns, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md.. 1,000 

Friendship, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md 1,000 

E. D. Thompson, Schr., P. at Bait., Md. . . 600 

William L. Bartlett, Schr., P. at Bait., Md. 400 

Sommerfield, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md.. . 1,500 

Cambria, Schr., P. at Baltimore, Md., 1,500 

Corea, Ship, P. at New London ' 2,300 

Tenedos, Bark, P. at New London i;650 

Lewis, Ship, P. at New London 3,250 

Fortune, Bark, P. at New London 3,250 

Eobin Hood, Ship, P. at Mystic 4,000 

Archer, Ship, P. at New Bedford 3,360 

Cossack, Bark, P. at New Bedford 3,200 

Amazon, Bark, P. at Fair Haven 3,675 

Frances Henrietta, Bark, P. at N. Bedford 4,000 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 251 

Garland, Bark, P. at 'New Bedford C. S3,150 

Harvest, Bark, P. at Fair Haven 4,000 

Americus, Bark, P. at Edgarstown 3,370 

Timor, Ship, P. at Sag Harbor 2,200 

Meteor, Ship, P. at Mystic 4,000 

Pebecca Sims, Ship, P. at Fair Haven 4,000 

L. C. Kichmond, Ship, P. at 'New Bedford.. 4,000 

Courier, Ship, P. at New Bedford. 5,000 

Maria Theresa, Ship, P. at I^ew Bedford. . . 4,000 

Kensington, Ship, P. at New Bedford. . .*. . 4,000 

Herald, Ship, P. at :N'ew Bedford 4,000 

Potomac, Ship, P.^at Nantucket 3,500 

Peter Demil, Bark, P. at E'ew York 2,600 

Phoenix, Ship, P. at l^ew London 3,150 

Leonidas, Bark; P. at N'ew Bedford 3,150 

South America, Bark, P. at ITew Bedford.. 3,600 

Edward, Bark, P. at New York 4,000 

Mechanic, Ship, P. at Newport 4,300 

Messenger, Bark, P. at Salem 2,250 

India, Ship, P. at New Bedford 5,500 

Noble, Bark, P. at Sag Harbor 4,300 

^Valparaiso, Ship, P. at New Bedford 5,500 

New England, Ship, P. at New London. . . 5,000 

Dove, Bark, P. at New London 2,500 

Newburyport, Ship, P. at Boston 4,500 

William Lee, Ship, P., at Newport 4,200 

Emerald, Ship, P. at Sag Harbor 5,500 

Mystic, Bark, P. at New Bedford 3,150 

Stephen Young, Brig, P. at New Bedford. 1,600 



$160,205 

jStone Fleet. Sailed for Charleston Bar, Nov. 20, 1861. 
Sixteen of the stone fleet sunk oif the bar, Dec. 20, 
186L 

* Not sunk. Coal ship at Port Royal. 



252 HAND-BOOK OF 

Ship Island shelled by Union gunboats. Fort Twiggs 
evacuated, Sept. 17, 1861. 

St. Charles (White River) evacuated on the approach of 
the iron-clad Baron de Kalb and Cincinnati, Jan. 14, 
1863. 

St. Mary's, Fla. [See Fernandina, Fla.] 

Stono Inlet, S. C, batteries open on the Pocahontas, Dec. 
26, 1861. 
The U. S. gunboats Unadilla, Pembina,' Ottawa, 
Pawnee, Huron, and Ellen take possession, May 

30, 1862. 

Sumter, S., 5 guns. 460 tons. Purchased in 1858. 

Sunk by collision with the transport General Meigs 

near Smith's Island Light, Ya., June 14, 1863. 
The crew were rescued by the schooner Jamestown 

bound to Boston, and returned to Hampton Poads, 

June 24, 1863. 

Sumter, Earn, captured from the rebels, and subsequently 
WTecked in the Mississippi Piver, 1862. 

Suncook, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at South 
Boston, 1864. 

Sunflower, S., 2 guns. 294 tons. P. East Gulf Squad- 
ron, 1863. 

Supply Ship, 7 guns. 547 tons. Purchased for a store 
vessel, 1846. 
Captures the schooner Stephen Hart loaded with a 
valuable cargo of arms in lat. 24 IST. long. 82 W., 
June 29, 1862. 

Susquehanna, S. "W., 16 guns. 2,450 tons. Built at 
Philadelphia, 1841. 
Sailed from New York for Yera Cruz, Aug. 27, 1860. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 253 

Arrived in Boston, June 6, 1861. 

At Hatteras Inlet [see Hatteras Inlet], Aug. 29, 1861. 

At the capture of Port Royal, S. C. [see Port Pojal, 

S. C], 'Nov. 7, 1861. 
At the bombardment of Sewall's Point, May 9, 1862. 
Sent to the Mobile blockade, June, 1862. 
Sailed from Mobile, April 16, 1863. 
"Went out of commission at N'ew York, May 15, 1863. 

Suwance, S. W., 10 guns. 1,030 tons. Building at New 
York, 1864. 

Sweetbrier, S., 2 guns. 240 tons. P. Fitted at New 
York, 1864. 
Sailed from I^ew York, Feb. 3, 1864. 

Switzerland, Ram. Mississippi Squadron. 

Sunk by the Yicksburg batteries, March 25, 1863. 



T. 

Tacony, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at the Phila- 
delphia N'avy Yard, 1863. 
Launched, May 6, 1863. 
Trial trip, Dec. 18, 1863. 
Sailed from Philadelphia, Feb. 13, 1863. 

Tahgayuta, S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not com- 
menced. Engines contracted for, 1863. 

Tahoma, S., 6 guns. 507 tons. Built by W. & A. 

Thatcher at Wilmington, Del. Engine by Reany, 

Son & Archbold, Chester, Pa., 186L 
Sends a boat expedition to cut out a schooner in the 

harbor at Cedar Keys, Fla., Feb. 24, 1862. 
Sends four boats in company with the same number 



254 HAND-BOOK OF 

from the Somerset, who destroy the salt works near 
Cedar Keys, Fla., Oct. 6, 1862. 
Attacks the enemy's works at Gadsden's Point, Fla., 
April 2, 1863. 

Tallahatchie, S. W., 6 guns. 171 tons. West Gulf 
Squadron, 1863. 

Tallahoma, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at New 
York, 1863. 
Launched, Feb. 28, 1863." 

Tallapoosaj S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Boston, 
engines by ISTeptune Iron "Works, 1863. 
Launched, Feb. 1, 1863. 

Tawah, S. W., 8 guns. 108 tons. Mississippi Squadron, 

1863. 

T. A. Ward, Schooner, 5 guns. 284 tons. L. 114, B. 28, 
D. 9. P. C. $11,300, 1861. 
One of Porter's mortar flotilla [see New Orleans], 
April, 1862. 

Teaser, S., 5 guns. 90 tons. Abducted from the rebels 
by a party from Norfolk Navy Yard, 1862. 
Befitted and put in the Potomac flotilla, 1862. 
Nansemond Biver operations, April 14, 1863. 

Tecumseh, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Built by Se- 
cor & Co., Jersey City, N. J., engines by Secor & 
Co., 1863-4. 

Launched, Sept. 1, 1863. 

Trial trip, March 29, 1864. 

Put in commission, April 19, 1864. 

Sailed for Fortress Monroe. 

Attached to Admiral Lee's James' Biver flotilla. May, 
1864. 



THE UNITED STATES NAYY. 255 

Tennessee, S. W., 5 guns. 1,275 tons. Built in Balti- 
more, 1853. L. 210, B. 33, D. 19. Captured by 
Farragut's fleet at the city of jN'ew Orleans, April 
25, 1862. 

Converted into a war vessel in May, 1862. 

Captures the Fox and Montgomery, B. Es., Sept. 12, 
1863. 

Is the light draft flag ship of Admiral Farragut when 
he leaves the Hartford, 1864. 

Tensas, S. W., 2 guns. 150 tons. Mississippi Squadron, 
1863. 

Thistle, S. W., 2 guns. 50 tons. Tender Mississippi 
Squadron, 1863. 

Thomas Freeborn, S. W., 3 guns. 269 tons. L. 140, B. 
21, D. 8. P. C. $32,500, 1861. 
Skirmishes with the rebel batteries at Sewall's Point, 
Yd. She had two men wounded. The vessel was 
struck several times. May 19, 1861. 
^ Attacks the Aquia Creek batteries, and after an ac- 
tion of two hours withdraws, May 31, 1861. 
^^ Renews the engagement, silencing the battery, burn- 
ing the depot and other buidings by her shells, June 
1, 1861. 
Attacks the Mathias' Point, Ya., batteries. Com- 
mander James H. Ward killed and eight seamen 
wounded, June 27, 1861. 
Attacked near Fort Lowry, on the Pappahannock 
River, Feb. 24, 1863. 

Ticonderoga, S., 20 guns. 1,533 tons. Built at the 
Bi'ooklyn Navy Yard, engines by the Allaire 
Works,' N. Y., 1862. 
Put in commission. May 12, 1863. 
Arrives at 'New York from Hampton Roads, April 
21, 1864. 



256 HAND-BOOK OF 

Tioga, S. W., 8 guns. 819 tons. Built at the Charles- 
town 'NsLYj Yard, engines by Morgan Iron Works, 

K Y., is'ei. 

Captures the Granite City, B. E., March 22, 1863. 
Captures the Herald, B. K., Sept. 28, 1863. 
Collided with the Metacomet off Abaeoa, Feb. 2, 
1864. 

Tippecanoe, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 1,034 tons. Built at Cin- 
cinnati, 1863. 

Tonawandali, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 1,564 tons. Building 
at Philadelphia ]^avy Yard, 1863-4. 

Torpedo, rebel gunboat, arrives at I^Tewport 'News, with 
Confederate Yice President Alex. H. Stephens and 
Hon. Kobert Quid on board, purporting to have a 
special message to the President of the United 
States to be delivered in person, July 4, J.863. 
Returns to Richmond, no interview being allowed, 
July 7, 1863. 

Torpedoes blow up the U. S. S. Cairo in the Yazoo River, 
Dec. 12, 1863. 

Torpedo Vessel Davis attempts to blow up the New Iron- 
sides in Charleston harbor, and after exj^loding her 
torpedo, is sunk by the shock and her crew made 
prisoners, Oct. 5, 1863. 

Trent, British Mail Steamer, overhauled by the San Ja- 
cinto in the Bahama Channel, and the rebel ministers 
Mason and Slidell removed therefrom, Nov. 8, 1861. 

Triana, S., 2 guns. 350 tons. Building at ]N"ew York, 
1864. 

Tritonia, S. W., 1 gun. 202 tons. P. Fitted at New 
York, 1864. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 257 

Tulip, S., 5 guns. 183 tons. P. Built for the Chinese 
Navy under Mandarin Ward, by Jewett & Co., 
Brooklyn, 1863. 

Tunxis, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Built at Chester, 
Pa., 1864. 

Tuscarora, S., 12 guns. 997 tons. Built at the Phila- 
delphia N"avy Yard, engines by Merrick & Sons, 
Philadelphia', 1862. 
During the early part of the rebellion she was em- 
ployed in the search for rebel privateers on the 
coast of England, France, and Spain, and among 
the Western Islands, 1862-3. 
After being repaired at Philadelphia, came to l^ew 
York to carry the late Admiral Foote to Charles- 
ton. She arrived at 'New York, June 12, 1863. 

Tuscumbia, Iron-clad, 5 guns. 665 tons. Mississippi 

Squadron. 
Completed, March, 1863. 
Runs the Yicksburg batteries [see Admiral Porter's 

Fleet], April 16, 1863. 
At the capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29, 1863. 
Attacks Yicksburg batteries [see Yicksburg], May 

22, 1863. • 

Two Sisters, Schooner, 1 gun. 54 tons. Tender East 
Gulf Squadron, 1863. 

Tybee Island, Ga., occupied by U. S. forces, l^ov. 24, 
1861. 

Tyler, S. W., 10 guns. 575 tons. 

Attacks the batteries at Hindman, Ky., and the rebel 

gunboat Yankee, Sept. 4, 1861. 
Engages rebel batteries on the Mississippi Piver three 
miles above Columbus, Ky., Oct. 7, 1861. 



258 HAND-BOOK OF 

Attacks the rebel batteries at Belmont, Mo., E'ov. 9, 

1S61. 
Makes a reconnoissance to Columbus, Ky., Jan. 7, 

ia62. 

• At the capture of Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862. 
Attacks Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 1862. 
At Pittsburg Landing, Ai)ril 6, 1862. 
Engages the ram Arkansas, July 15, 1862. 
On the Yazoo River expedition [see Yazoo Batteries] , 

Dec. 29, 1862. 
Attacks Haines' Bluif [sec Haines' Bluff], April 30, 

May 1, 1863. 
At St. Helena when it was attacked by 18,000 rebels, 

July 4, 1863. 



u. 

Umpqua, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Built at Pitts- 
burg, 1864. 

Unadilla, S., Y guns. 507 tons. Built by John Englis, at 

New York. Engines by the Novelty Iron Works, 

1861. 
Launched, Aug. 17, 1861. 
Trial trip, Sept. 19, 1861. 
At the capture of Port Boyal, S. C. [see Port Boyal, 

S. C], Nov. 7, 1861. 
Makes a reconnoissance to St. Helena Sound, Nov. 

27, 1861. 

Fncas, S., 5 guns, 192 tons. L. 118, B. 23, D. 7. P. C. 
$10,000, 1861. 
On the Pocotaligo expedition, Oct. 22, 1862. 
On the blockade off St. Johns, Fla., Jan., 1863. 
Sold at New York, Aug., 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 259 

Underwriter, S. W., 4 guns. 341 tons. L. 170, B. 23, 

D. 9. P. C. $18,500, 1861. 
At the capture of Roanoke Island [see Roanoke 

Island], Feb. 7, 1862. 
At Elizabeth City [see Elizabeth City], Feb. 10, 

1862. 
Makes a reconnoissance to Edenton, E". C, Feb. 12, 

1862. 
At the capture of ITewbern [see E'ewbern, IST. C], 

March 14, 1862. 
Captured near Kewbern, ]^. C, and destroyed, Feb. 2, 

1864. 

Fnion, S., 5 guns. 1,114 tons. Supply steamer of the 
East Gulf Squadron, 1863-4. 
She sends a boat expedition, and captures a schooner 
in Dumfries Creek, Ya., Oct., 1861. 
CniODj S., 4 guns. Chartered, 1861. 

Chased the privateer York ashore, and destroyed her 

off Cape Hatteras, Aug. 10, 1861. 
Destroys a large schooner in Dumfries Creek, Oct. 11, 
1861. 

United States, Frigate, 50 guns. 1,600 tons. Built at 
the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1797. 

Sunk at the Gosport Navy Yard by the Union offi- 
cers, who evacuated it, April 20, 1861. 

Raised and towed to the Gosport Navy Yard, by the 
United States Government, who had given the work 
to contractors, Nov. 29, 1862. 

Upper Ohio Squadron, commanded by Commander Le 
Roy Fitch, U. S. N., was composed of the follow- 
ing vessels : Moose, Alleghany Belle, Naumkeag, 
Reindeer, Yictory, and Springfield, 1863. 



260 HAND-BOOK OF 



V. 

Valparaiso, Ship, guns. 402 tons. Was purchased 
among the stone fleet [see Stone Fleet], and is now 
a store ship at Port Royal, 1864. 

Vandalia, Sloop of war, 22 guns. 783 tons. Built at the 

•Philadelphia ISTavy Yard, 1828. 
Captures, oft' Charleston, the schooner H. Middleton, 

from Charleston for Liverpool, Aug. 21, 1861. 
At Port Royal [see Port Royal, S. C], 'Nov. 7, 

1861. 
Captures the blockade runner Princess Royal, Jan. 

29, 1863. 
Ordered to Portsmouth, N. H., as a receiving ship, 

July, 1863. 

VanderMlt, S. W., 15 guns, 3,360 tons. L. 311, B. 47, D. 

31. Built by Jeremiah Simonson, Greenpoint, L. I., 

1856. 
Presented to the U. S. Government by Cornelius Yan- 

derbilt, 1862. 
Sailed from I^^ew York for Hampton Roads, Jan. 10, 

1863 
Left Hampton Roads, Jan. 29, 1863. 
Sailed from Havana, Feb. 4, 1863. 
Arrived at St. Thomas on the 15th, sailed Feb. 16, 

1863. 
At Havana, March 24, 1863. 
St. Jago de Cuba, April 24, 1863. 
Arrives at Rio de Janeiro, July 16, 1863. 
Leaves Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 3, 1863. 
Arrives at St. Helena, Aug. 15, 1863. 
Leaves St. Helena, Aug. 20, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 261 

At St. Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Aug. 30, 

1863. 
Captures the bark Saxon, Oct., 1863. 
Leaves St. Simon's Bay, Sept. 11, 1863. 
At Barbadoes, Dec. 19, 1863. 
Arrives at 'New York, Jan. 18, 1864. 

Valley City, S., 6 guns. 190 tons. L. 127, B. 21, D. 7. 

P. C. $18,000, 1861. 

Attacks Roanoke Island [see Roanoke Island], Feb. 
7, 1862. 

At Elizabeth City [see Elizabeth City], Feb. 10, 1862. 

At ISTewbern, IN". C. [see l^ewbern, N. C] March 14, 
1862. 

Captures and destroys several vessels ; burns a grist- 
mill, and skirmishes with the enemy on the Cho- 
wan River, May 4, 1863. 

Varuna, S., 9 guns. 1,300 tons. Built at Mystic, Ct. P. 

C. $135,000, 1861. 
Attacks and passes Forts Jackson and St. Philip [see 

New Orleans], April 24, 1862. 
Sunk in action with the rebel gunboats above forts, 

April 24, 1862. 

Telocity, Schooner, 1 gun. 60 tons. 

Captured, with the ship Morning Light, at Sabine 
Pass, Texas, Jan. 22, 1863. 

Vermont, Ship, 18 guns (84-gun ship). 2,633 tons. Built 
at the Charlestown E'avy Yard, 1848. 

Launched, Sept. 15, 1848. 

Sent to Port Royal as a store ship. On the passage, 
she lost her rudder and sails, and was found in a 
crippled condition by the Sabine, who towed her 
in, 1862. 



262 HAND-BOOK OF 

Vicksl)urja^, S., 6 guns. 886 tons. Built at Mystic, Ct^ 
1863. 
Went into commission, Dec. 2, 1863. 
Sailed from 'New York, Feb. 8, 1864 

Vicksbur^. A portion of the army were landed on the 
neck of land in front of Yicksburg, in January, 
1863, and remained under the protection of Porter's 
flotilla, who covered their landing, and guarded 
them from attack by rebel vessels in the Yazoo 
Eiver. May 21, 1863, General Grant notified Ad- 
miral Porter that he intended to attack the whole 
of the rebel works, at 10 o'clock on the 22d of May, 
asking him to shell the batteries from 9.30 a. m. to 
10.30 A. M., to annoy the garrison. At 7 a. m. (22), 
the Mound City proceeded across the river, and 
made an attack upon the hill batteries opposite the 
canal. At 8 a. m. the Benton, Tuscumbia, and 
Carondolet opened on the hill batteries, and silenced 
them. The main work was silenced by the Mound 
City. The Benton, Mound City, and Carondolet 
then attacked the water batteries, leaving the Tus- 
cumbia to keep the hill batteries quiet. After a 
close engagement of several hours, the fleet with- 
drew out of action. May 22, 1863. 
Attacked by the gunboats General Price, Cincinnati, 
Benton, Mound City, and Carondolet, May 27, 
1863. 
General Grant and Admiral Porter's fleet bombarded 
the Yicksburg batteries from 4 a. m. until 10 A. m. 
When they ceased firing, the rebels made no re- 
sponse, the batteries w^ere all deserted, June 10, 
1863. 

Vicksburg Batteries run by with 5 gunboats, 3 transports, 
April 16, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 263 

Yicksburg Batteries rim by with 6 gunboats, 12 
transports, April 22, 1863.' 

Vicksl)urg City, capital of Warren County, Miss., situated 
on tlie east side of the Mississippi River, 400 miles 
above 'New Orleans. 
Its surrender demanded by the Oneida, May 18, 1862. 
Batteries passed by some of the following vessels of 
Farragut's fleet : Hartford, "^Brooklyn, Richmond, 
Iroquois,* Oneida, Wissahickon, Sciota, Winona, 
Pinola, ^Kennebec, ^Octorora," Westfield, "^Clifton, 
^J. P. Jackson, "^Harriet Lane, ^Owasco, and 
several mortar vessels, June 28, 1862. 

Vicksburg, surrender of. The operations of the navy 
tended, in a great measure, to hasten the fall of 
this stronghold of the Confederacy. The gunboats 
were constantly employed in shelling the enemy's 
works, and with success, co-operating heartily with 
the left wing of General Grant's army. The mor- 
tar boats worked forty-two days, without intermis- 
sion, throwing shells into all parts of the city, even 
reaching the works in the rear, and in front of the 
Union troops — a distance of three miles. Three 
heavy guns placed on scows (a 9-inch, 10-inch, and 
• a 100 pounder rifle), were in position a mile from 
the town, commanding the water batteries, and 
kept up an incessant fire for fourteen days ; 5 8-inch, 
2 9-inch, 2 42-pounders, and 4 32-pounders, were 
landed from the gunboats, and manned by their 
officers and crews of batteries in the rear of Yicks- 
burg. The smaller gunboats of the squadron 
were actively employed in keeping the river clear 
of guerillas, who annoyed the Union transports. 
During the siege, the navy mortars fired 7,000 
* Did not pass bj. 



264 HAND-BOOK OF 

mortar shells, the gunboats, 4,500, and 4,500 were 
fired from the naval batteries on shore. The fol- 
lowing vessels of Porter's squadron participated in 
the siege: Benton, Mound City, Tuscumbia, Ca- 
rondolet. General Sterling Price, Cincinnati, Choc- 
taw, Forest Pose, Signal, Covington, Pobb, I^ew 
Era, Pomeo, Petrel, Pattler, Linden, Prairie Bird, 
Queen City, mortar boats, and gun scows. The 
fall of Yicksburg insured the fall of Port Hudson, 
and the opening of the Mississippi Eiver. The 
garrison surrendered July 4, 1863. 

Victoria, S. 5 guns. 254 tons. L. 118, B. 22, D. 10. P. 
C. $25,000, 1861. 

Victory, S. "W., 6 guns. 160 tons. Mississippi Squadron 
1863. 

Vincennes, Sloop of war, 10 guns. 700 tons. Built at 
the Brooklyn I^avy Yard in 1826. 

Chases on shore the bark Alvarado, prize to the pri- 
vateer Jeff. Davis, and burns her, near Fernandina, 
Fla., Aug. 5, 1861. 

Attacked by the ram Manassas and rebel flotilla in 
the Mississippi Piver [see Head of the Passes], Oct. 
12, 1861. 

Vindicator, ram, 4 guns, 750 tons. Building at 'New Al- 
bany, Ind., 1864. 

Violet, S., 2 guns. 146 tons. Name changed from 
" Martha," 1863. 

Virginia, Ship, 84 guns. 2,633 tons. On the stocks at 
Boston. She was commenced in 1818. 

Virginia, S., 7 guns. 581 tons. 

Vixen, S. W., (coast survey), 4 guns. 

Pocotaligo expedition, Oct. 22, 1862. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 265 



w. 

Wabash, S., 48 guns. 3,274 tons. Built at the Phila- 
delphia ISTavy Yard, 1855. 

Put in commission, June, 1861. 

At Hatter as Inlet, and capture of Forts Hatter as and 
Clark [seeHatteras Inlet], Aug. 29, 1861. 

Flag ship at the capture of Port Royal, S. C. [see Port 
Eoyal, S. €.] Nov. 7, 1861. 

Sends a detachment of officers and seamen, who man 
'' Battery Sigel," at the bombardment of Fort 
Pulaski, Ga. [see Fort Pulaski, Ga.], April 12, 
1862. 

Wachusett, S., 10 guns. 1,032 tons. Built at the Boston 

JSTavy Yard. Engines by the Morgan Iron Works, 

]Sr. Y., 1861-2. 
Launched, Oct. 10, 1861. 
Assists the army in the operations at Yorktown, Ya., 

May 4, 1862.' 
Attacks Fort Darling [see Fort Darling], May 15, 

1862. 
Flag ship, special squadron in the West Indies, 1863. 
Captures the Dolphin, B. R., March 25, 1863. 

Wampanoa^, S., 8 guns. 3,200 tons. Building at the 
Brooklyn E'avy Yard. Keel laid Aug. 3, 1863. 

Wamsutta, S., 6 guns. 270 tons. L. 129, B. 26, D. 8. 
P. C. S27,000, 1861. 
Makes a reconnoissance up the Piceboro River, and 
on her return was fired into by a party of dis- 
mounted cavalry, killing two of the crew ; enemy's 
loss sixteen killed and thirty-two wounded, April 
27, 1862. 



266 HAND-BOOK OF 

Wanaloset) S., 8 guns. 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Engines contracted for in 1863. 

Wanderer, Schooner, 3 guns. 300 tons. East Gulf Squad- 
ron, 1862. 

Ward, Commander J. H., killed while in command of the 
gunboat Thomas Freeborn, during an engagement 
at Matthias Point, Ya., June 27, 1861. 

Warren, Store ship, 4 guns. Built at Boston, 1826 ; sold 
at Panama, 1863. 

Washington, N. C, Invested by the enemy for eighteen 
days. He appeared before the intrenchments, 
March 30, 1863. 
Enemy retired, April 15, 1863. 

Wassuc, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Ports- 
mouth, Me., at the yard of George "W". Lawrence, 
. 1863-4. 

Wataug^a, S., 8 guns, 2,200 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Eno-ines contracted for in 1863. 



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Wateree, S. W., 14 guns. 974 tons (iron). Built at Ches- 
ter, Pa., by Keany, Son & Archibold, 1863. 
Launched, Aug. 12, 1863. 
Sailed for the Pacific Ocean, April 8, 1864. 
At St. Thomas, March 15, 1864. 

Water Witch, S. W., 5 guns. 378 tons. Built at the 
Washington 'Nslvj Yard, 1845. 

Attacked by the ram Manassas and the rebel flotilla 
at the Head of the Passes of the Mississippi River 
[see Head of the Passes], Oct. 12, 1861. 

One of the Pocotaligo expedition, Oct. 22, 1861. 

Sailed from 'New York for the South Atlantic Squad- 
ron, Jan. 8, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 267 

Wave, S. W., 8 guns. 229 tons. West Atlantic Squad- 
ron, 1864:. 

Captured by the rebels at Sabine Pass, May 6, 1864:. 

Waxsaw, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Bal- 
timore, 1863-4. 

Weehawken, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 844 tons. Built by Se- 
cor & Co., Jersey City., 1862. 

Launclied, 1862. 

Leaves l^ew York for Port Koyal, Jan. 18, 1863. 

Arrives at Port Royal, Feb. 6, 1863. 

In the first attack upon Fort Sumter [see Fort Sum- 
ter], April Y, 1863. 

Captures the rebel iron-clad ram Atlanta, in Warsaw 
Sound, Ga., after an engagement lasting only fif- 
teen minutes; during which time only five shots 
were fired from the Weehawken, June 17, 1863. 

Attacks the Morris Island batteries, July 10, 1863. 

Attacks Fort Wagner [see Fort Wagner], July 18, 
1863. 

Flag ship of the attack upon Fort Wagner [see Fort 
Sumter, second attack], Aug. 18, 1863. 

Flag ship of the night attack upon Fort Sumter [see 
Fort Sumter, night attack], Aug. 23, 1863. 

Grounded on Cumming's Point, Charleston Harbor, 
Sept. 7, 1863. 

Exploded a magazine in Fort Moultrie, Sept. 8, 1863. 

Floated ofi' the ground, Sept. 8, 1863. 

Sunk in Charleston Harbor, Dec. 6, 1863. 

Westfield, S. W., 6 guns. 1,022 tons. P. C. $90,000, 

1861. 
One of Porter's Mortar Flotilla [see Kew Orleans], 

April, 1862. 
Atta'cks the Yicksburg Batteries, June 28, 1862. 
At the capture of Galveston, Texas, Oct. 9 1862, 



268 HAND-BOOE OF 

Attacked by the rebel flotilla in Galveston Bay, 
Texas, and blown up by her commander, W. B. 
Eenshaw. Casualties: killed, 1; wounded, 16; 
missing, 13 [see Galveston, Texas], Jan. 1, 1863. 

Western World, S., 5 guns. 411 tons. L. 178, B. 33, D. 

8, P. C. $37,500, 1861. 

One of the vessels to go up the Savannah River [see 

Savannah River], Jan. 28, 1862. 
Engages the rebel flotilla in Savannah River, Feb. 14, 

1862. 
Now attached to the Potomac flotilla, 1861. 

Whitehall, S. W., 4 guns. 323 tons. L. 126, B. 28, D. 
10. P. C. $24,150, 1861. 
Destroyed by fire at Old Point Comfort, Ya., March 

9, 1862. 

Whitehead, S., 4 guns. 136 tons. L. 93, B. 20, D. 8. P. 

C. $12,000, 1861. 
Attacks Roanoke Island [see Roanoke Island], Feb. 

7, 1862. 
At Elizabeth City, JST. C. [see Elizabeth City], Feb. 

10, 1862. 

At Winton, K C. [see Winton, K C], Feb. 19, 1862. 
Aids in the relief of Washington, I^. C, when invest- 
ed by the enemy, April 3, 1863. 

White River Expedition, commanded by Lieut. George M. 
Bache, U. S. N. Destroys a warehouse at Des 
Arc; breaks up and destroys Gen. Marmaduke's 
pontoon bridge ; captures the steamers Thomas 
Gregg (Snuggs) and Kaskaskia. The expedition 
was composed of the IT. S. gunboats Lexington, 
Marmora, and Cricket, Aug. 15, 1863. 

Wild Cat, Schooner, 1 gun. 30 tons. Tender to the 
South Atlantic Squadron, 1863. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 269 

Williamette, S., 8 guns. 2,000 tons. Hull not commenced. 
Enojines contracted for, 1863. 



Winncbag'O, Iron-clad, 4 guns. 970 tons. Built at St. 
Louis, 1863. 
Left St. Louis, Oct. 20, 1863. 



Wiflnepce, S. W., 10 guns. 1,030 tons. Building at Bos- 
ton, 1861. 

Winona, S., 6 guns. 507 tons. Built by C. & K. Poillon, 
at Xew York. Engines by the Allaire Iron Works, 
K Y., 1861. 

Launched, Sept. 11, 1861. 

Attacks, but owing to fouling in the obstructions in 
the river, did not pass Forts Jackson and St. Philip 
[see iS^ew Orleans], April 21, 1862. 

Attacks and passes the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 
1862. 

Attacked by ram Arkansas [see Bam Arkansas], July, 
15, 1862.' 

Passed below the Yicksburg Batteries, July 15, 
1862. 

Attacked by a rebel battery near Profit Island, on 
the Mississippi Biver. She was under a terrible 
fire for nearly an hour, and was struck twenty- 
seven times, Dec. 14, 1862. 

Aids in the repulse of the enemy in their attack 
upon the U. S. forces at Donaldsonville, June 28, 
1863. 

Arrived at Baltimore for repairs, Aug. 25, 1863. 

Sailed, Feb., 1864 

Winoski, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Boston, 
1863. 
Launched at Boston, July 30, 1863. 



270 HAND-BOOK OF 

Wissahickcn, S., 5 guns. 607 tons. Built by John Lynn, 

at Pliiladelpliia. Engines by Merrick & Sons, 

1861. 
Attacked and passed Forts Jackson and St. Philip 

[see New Orleans], April 24, 1862. 
Attacked the batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., June 9, 

1862. 
Passes the Yicksburg batteries, June 28, 1862. 
Attacked by ram Arkansas [see Ram Arkansas], July 

15, 1862. 
Sailed from Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1862. 
On the Pocotaligo expedition, Oct. 22, 1862. 
Attacks Fort McAllister, Ga. [see Fort McAllister], 

Jan. 27, 1863. 
Second attack upon Fort McAllister, Feb. 1, 1863. 
Assists in the destruction of the privateer Nashville 

in the Ogeechee River, Ga., Feb. 28, 1863. 
Chases the rebel steamer Georgian a ashore, near 

Beach Inlet, S. C, and destroys her, March 19^ 

1863. 
In the attack upon Fort Wagner [see Fort "Wagner], 

July 18, 1863. 
Attacks Fort Wagner [see Fort Sumter, second at- 
tack], Aug. 17, 1863. 

Winton, N. C, capital of Hertford County, N. C, is situ- 
ated on the southwest side of Chowan River, two 
miles below the junction of Nottaway and Meher- 
rin Rivers. 
Commander S. C. Rowan, left Croatan Sound on the 
afternoon of the 18th of February, on board the 
Delaware, on a reconnoissance of the Chowan 
River. The Hunchback and Barney, having on 
board the Ninth Regiment of New York Yolun- 
teers (Hawkins' Zouaves), were to follow as soon as 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 271 

possible. The commanders of tlie vessels were di- 
rected to rendezvous off Edenton, tliere to await his 
arrival. The ship arrived at Elizabeth City at live 
o'clock the same evening, and without anchoring, 
the forces there were ordered to follow them. The 
force consisted of the Louisiana, Perry, Morse, 
Lockwood, and Whitehead. They stood up the 
sound, and at midnight ftjund the Barney at anchor. 
The Hunchback having grounded in the Croatan 
Sound. The Delaware anchored for the night to 
await her arrival. On the morning of the 19th, the 
force was moved to the head of the sound, and Lieut. 
Commanding Murray made a reconnoisance of Ply- 
mouth in the Lockwood. The Hunchback came up in 
the mean time and anchored. The commander was 
determined to leave the force off the mouth of the 
Poanoke to await Captain Murray's return, and 
started in this vessel, accompanied by the Perry, for 
Winton, for the purpose of communicating with the 
Union men said to be in arms at that place, leaving 
orders for Captain Murray to follow him witli all the 
vessels as soon as he returned. Being desirous ot 
of reaching Winton at an early hour, he directed 
Captain Quackenbush to go at full speed. At 4 p. m., 
on the afternoon of the 19th, he came in sight of the 
wharf and houses at the landing at Winton. The 
town being hid by a high bluff, covered with oak 
trees. Panging up past the wharf and bluff, where a 
negro woman stood, apparently to assure us that no 
danger need be apprehended, they were in the act of 
letting go the anchor, when suddenly a force, consist- 
ing of the first battery of North Carolina Yolunteers, 
and a battery of light artillery, commanded by Lieut. 
Col. W. T. Wilham, of the first battery of Korth Caro- 
lina Yolunteers, opened a terrific fire of musketry and 



272 HAND-BOOK OF 

artillery on tlie Delaware. Yollej succeeded volley 
ill rapid succession, striking her one hundred and 
twenty-five times with musketrj^, but his artillery 
overshot her. They were too close under the highland 
to return the fire immediately. She steamed ahead 
and turned after some trouble, and opened fire from 
her shell gun. The Perry, Lieut. Commanding Flus- 
ser, being in position-, promptly threw a shrapnell 
among the forces, which was followed by the Dela- 
w^are, as soon as Captain Quackenbush could extricate 
her from her position, and turn the ship in the nar- 
row river. They ran down past the enemy, and an- 
chored their force about seven miles below Winton. 
Col. Hawkins and Commander Rowan decided to re- 
turn next morning to Winton. At early daylight, on 
the 20th, they moved up to Winton, the leading vessels 
threw a few shrapnell on shore to cover the landing of 
the troops. In a few moments Colonel Hawkins had 
possession of the blufi", supported by two of the navy 
howitzers. The Union troops moved back toward 
the town, and, meeting with no opposition, entered 
it, and destroyed a quantity of military stores, tents, 
arms, knapsacks, &c., and the quarters occupied by 
the troops of the enemy. The command was given 
to " embark troops," which was promptly complied 
with. They then withdrew their force, bringing off 
a small schooner found at the wharf, and returned, 
having dispatched Lieut. Commanding Flusser of 
the Perry and the Whitehead, to watch Elizabeth 
City, Feb. 18 and 19, 1862. 
Win. Bacon, Schooner, 5 guns. 183 tons. L. 95, B. 26, 

D. 8. P. C. $6,000, 1861. 
One of the Porter mortar flotilla [see JSTew Orleans], 

April, 1862. 
Potomac flotilla, 1864. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 273 

Wm. Badger, Ship, 1 gun. 334 tons. L. 106, B. 26, D. 

13. P. C. §7*150, 1861. 
Has been used as a store ship since purchased. 

Wm. G. Anderson, Bark, 8 guns. 593 tons. L. 149, B. 
30, D. 11. P. C. $27,500, 1861. 
Captures tlie schooner Beauregard (privateer) in lat. 
26°, 40' ^., long. 75°, 42' W., N"ov. 12, 1861. 

Wm. H. Brown, S. W., 1 gun. 235 tons. Mississippi 
Squadron, 1864. 

Wm. Putnam, S. "W., 5 guns. 149 tons. L. 103, B. 22, 
D. 7. P. C. $18,000, 1861. 
Attacks Roanoke Ishind [see Roanoke Island], Feb. 

7, 1862. 

At Elizabeth City, IST. C. [see Ehzabeth City], Feb. 
10, 1862. 

Attacked by guerillas on the Piankatank River ; Act- 
ing Master Commanding Hotchkiss killed, Aug. 11, 
1863. 

Attached to Admiral Lee's James River flotilla, May, 
1864. 

Wyalusing, S. W., 10 guns. 974 tons. Built at Phila- 
delphia, 1863. 
Launched, May 12, 1863. 

Sailed from Philadelphia and returned to repair 
damages, Feb. 12, 1864. 

Wyandank, S. W., 4 guns. 399 tons. L. 132, B. 31, D. 
10. P. C. $19,000, 1861. 

Wyandotte, S., 5 guns. 458 tons. Purchased, 1858. 

Put in commission in 1859. 

Cruised for slavers until 'Nov., 1860. In December 
she went to the coast of Florida. About the middle 
of December she proceeded to Pensacola I^Tavy 



274 HAND-BOOK OF 

Yard, went into dry dock, had some slight repairs 
done, her bottom cleaned, and just got off in time 
to prevent the secessionists from capturing her with 
the E'avy Yard, January 12, 1861. On the 10th 
of February she transported Lieut. Slemmer and 
his command from Fort Barrancas to Fort Pickens. 
For nearly a month the Wyandotte alone, by her 
constant activity day and night along the inner 
shore of Santa Kosa Island, ke^t the rebels from 
crossing over, landing and attacking Pickens. 
During the day a portion of the crew assisted Lieu- 
tenant Slemmer's small command in mounting the 
heavy guns. At night the marines of the ship 
went ashore and did picket duty outside the fort 
to prevent surprise. Thus the Wyandotte was by 
her presence and activity actually the protector of 
Fort Pickens, notwithstanding there w^as not a 
lieutenant on board the ship, three having resigned, 
leaving Captain Berryman (peace to his ashes !) and 
four engineers aboard, who performed all the va- 
rious duties of the ship. After the Brooklyn and 
the rest of the fleet arrived outside the harbor, the 
Wyandotte kept open the communication between 
them and the fort until the night of April 12, 
w^hen she landed the reinforcements of marines 
and sailors of the squadron. She afterwards was 
actively engaged landing reinforcements, and for 
several weeks she blockaded the pass of the east- 
ern end of Santa Rosa Island. On the ITth 
August, 1861, she narrow^ly escaped shipwreck 
by being blown ashore during a hurricane, which 
caused her to drag both anchors, notwithstanding 
she was using all the steam power her worn out 
boiler and dilapidated condition would allow, to as- 
sist in keeping the vessel off the lee shore. Had 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 275 

the gale continued fifteen minutes longer tlie faith- 
ful old Wyandot and all on board must have per- 
ished. 
Has been on various stations, and has rendered effi- 
cient service as a blockader, 1863-4. 

Wyoming, S., 9 guns. 997 tons. Built at the Philadel- 
phia Navy Yard, 1858. 
Attacks a Japanese steamer, brig, and bark of war 
in the harbor of Simonosaki, Japan, under the 
control of the Prince of JSTagato, for firing npon the 
American steamer Pembroke in that harbor on the 
morning of the 26th of June, 1863. The Wyoming, 
hearing of the outrage, immediately left Yokahama 
and arrived at Simonosaki on the 16th of July, 
when she engaged the vessels. The action lasted 
for over an hour, when the brig was sunk, the 
boiler of the steamer exploded, and the bark 
was badly cut up. During this time the shore 
batteries kept up a severe fire as long as the Wy- 
oming was within range. She was hulled eleven 
times, and considerably damaged in her rigging 
and spars. She lost four killed and seven wounded. 
The Japanese loss of life on shipboard as well as 
on shore must have been quite heavy, July 16, 
1863. 
Employed in the search for privateers, 1864. 

Y. 

Yankee, S. W., 4 guns. 328 tons. L. 146, B. 25, D. 9. 

P. C. $19,000, 1861. 

Chases an armed schooner (rebel) up the York Piver. 

The shore batteries kept up such a heavy fire that 

she was obliged to give up the chase. May 9, 1861. 



276 HAND-BOOK OF 

Attacks Cockpit battery, Potomac River, Jan. 3, 

1862. 
In the !N"ansemond Eiver operations, April 14, 1863. 

Yantic, S., 5 o:uns. 593 tons. Built at tlie Philadelphia 
JSTavy Yard, 1863. 
Launched, March 19, 1864 

YazoO) Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Phila- 
delphia, 1864. 

Yazoo Batteries. On the 23d of December the Benton, 
Tyler, Lexington, rams Queen of the West, Lioness, 
gunboats Signal, Romeo and Juliet, started to co- 
operate with tiie forces under General Sherman in an 
attack upon the Yazoo batteries. On the 24th, 25th, 
and 26th the vessels were employed in removing ob- 
structions and raising torpedoes, being most of the 
time annoyed by the enemy's sharpshooters. On the 
2Yth the enemy opened their fire, hitting the Benton, 
especially, several times, one shot killing Lieut. Com- 
mander Gwin. On the 28th Gen. Sherman had ad- 
vanced within skirmishing distance, and on the fol- 
lowing day the assault was made, and one division of 
the Union troops succeeded in getting possession of 
the batteries on the hill. The other two divisions 
failing to come up in time, our forces were compelled 
to retire for the night. They subsequently intrenched 
themselves under the cover of the gunboats until 
ready to march to the investment of Vicksburg. 

Yazoo City. The naval and military expedition to Yazoo 
City was for the purpose of preventing the enemy 
from fortifying it as a base of supplies from the Ya- 
zoo country. The Baron De Kalb, 'New National, 
Kenwood, and Signal were the vessels employed, and 
a force of ti'oops numbering 5,000 under Maj.-Gen. 



THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 277 

HeiToii, TJ. S. A. The enemy were completely 
routed, leaving everything behind, burning four of 
their finest steamers. Six heavy guns and an old 
gunboat fell into Union hands. The Baron De Kalb 
was blown up by a torpedo. 'No lives lost, July 18, 
18C3. 

Yazoo River Expedition. The Baron De Kalb, Choctaw, 
Linden, Petrel, and Forest Kose were sent to the 
Yazoo Kiver to destroy the rebel rams Republic, 
Mobile, and " a monster" not named or launched. 
The vessels arrived at Yazoo City to find the rams 
burning, the JSTavy Yard in flames, and most of the 
public stores removed or destroyed, May 21, 1863. 
Destroys the steamers John Walsh, R. J. Lockland, 
Golden Age, and Scotland, in Yazoo River, May 
24, 1863. 

Young America, S., 2 guns. 173 tons. Captured from 
the rebels by the Cumberland, 1861. 
Employed as a dispatch boat in and around Hampton 
Roads, 1862-4. 

Young Rover, S., 5 guns. 418 tons. L. 141, B. 25, D. 
17. P. C. §27,500, 1861. 
Guard ship at Hampton Roads, 1863-4. 

Yuma, Iron-clad, 2 guns. 614 tons. Building at Cincin- 
nati, 1864. 



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Zouave, S., 2 guns. 127 tons. North Atlantic Squadron, 
1862. 




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Instructions for Naval Light Artillery, afloat and ashore, prepared 
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OUADRON Tactics Under Steam. 



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OlEGE OF BOMARSUND (1854). 

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HE Principles of Strategy and Grand 

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Translated from the French of General G. H. Dufour. By William 
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